Unfortunately the outcome of this accident was very tragic and my feelings go out to the families involved. The actual cause of the accident is not yet known so we can only speculate and blame the helicopter, but as many have said horses are very unpredictable after all thay have their own minds and they decide what they want to do and when, anything could be the cause.
Ref Crashondeck- if the pilots were taking off from a helisite they were quite within their rites and as long as they did not overfly a riding school or the rider intentionally then how can we blame them.
The helicopter does get bad press and i would like to see more uses of such a diverse machine and better publicity.
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