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Old 20th Oct 2006, 05:52
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vortexstate
 
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Helicopter hits Power Line

Attended a job with a power authority the other day whereas we filmed a set of 11,000 volt power lines that had to be re-erected after a R44 collected them. Seems several weeks ago, the R44 was flying low along the river and hit the lines only to fuse them together and they broke.
The R44 didn't crash, I don't know how, but kept going along it's merry way. The wires came down between two tents at a camp site luckily missing everyone. One of the unhappy campers rang CASA and informed them of the situation.
I bet the pilot went straight out and got a lottery ticket after emptying his pants.
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