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Old 29th Mar 2006, 11:04
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The machine plunged to earth and came to rest upside down in a blackberry thicket surrounded by trees beside the Kiewa River, about 1.5km from the Mount Beauty airstrip.
"It looks like he may have been doing a manoeuvre called an auto-rotation, which is an unpowered decline," Sen-Sgt Incoll said.
"Some debris was seen falling from the helicopter but we're not able to identify the cause of the crash until it's investigated."
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