I wouldn't know if the guy Wight hired had the heavy professional camera gear that would have necessitated the mount that *** was told to use.
We are not going to get any more clarity about this allegation unless *** makes a statement to the investigation team, as there are scenarios where *** claim and those of eyewitnesses could both be true.
Andrew Wight a few weeks ago opened a production and facility office in Melbourne for James Camerons production company. The company will specialise in providing crew cameras and management of 3d productions. So plenty of chunky camera kit available in house at short notice.
Some scenarios
Heavy kit could have been installed on the rear seats, unseen by passing aircraft.
They could have been flying off to install kit being used by a ground crew.
They could have been using a very compact lightweight 3d setup (smaller than a news camcorder)
They could have been using a 15kg camera head with trailing cables to 50kg of kit.
ect ect
Plenty of options, including simply doing a recce flight with a small camera.
The team were working for Discovery Channel with an involvement by James Cameron who arrived at the accident site. JCs involvement will generate all kinds of noise.
The pilots website states he held a CPL.
ATSB report
Investigation: AO-2012-021 - Collision with terrain - Robinson R44, VH-COK, Jaspers Brush, NSW, 4 February 2012
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