Is it inconceivable that the other support helicopter was in attendance, negating any requirement for the News machine to land? Could it also be possible that the local HEMS machine was arriving at the same time as the News helicopter?
There are occasions when there are an awful lot of assumptions made here, which then get rapidly converted to facts
To be clear, my questions were raised by the contents of the
original unedited vision apparently broadcast live from the chopper and which as usual left much to be assumed by the viewer, including why the news chopper didn't render assistance.
The live report lasted around four minutes, with no sign of any other aircraft or first responders either in vision or being reported in the area by the news chopper.
The area appears suitable for landing, someone is injured with no emergency crews present but the news crew did not explain to its live audience why they were not helping.
Thats my point.
Maybe they landed after they finished their report.
In respect to the separate issue of who is able or qualified to give meaningful help consider that the severity of burns is greatly reduced if given prompt 1st aid.
Having assisted paramedics who exhausted their first aid supplies on a serious burn victim and then used saline bags to cool the victim, one should not suppose that one isn't qualified or have the tools to help especially for the treatment of burns in remote areas where the simple application of water can create a far better outcome for the victim.
As is common with aircraft crashes one of the victims of this crash suffered serious burns.
Mickjoebill