ISTR that the drowning was a Bell 47 crash into shallow water when filming near Cairns?
I hadn't heard of that one
The fixed wing took the life of the cameraman who shot Blair Witch.
FLYER Airportal - General Aviation News
The AS350 hit a wire pilot and director escaped but the cameraman was trapped by his harness.A full report including info about the harness here
http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2000/f-...f-oe000822.pdf
In both these cases all other occupants survived but the cameramen went down with the ship.
Excluding the R44 crash in NSW last year, there are other crashes where cameraman is vaugely described as trapped in the wreckage and where other occupants survived by exiting before fire broke out.
Just found another one, a Swedeish 296A hit a marker bouy, all escaped but the cameraman trapped by his harness.
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rc...DGRhxp-1wuqSZw
A NZ pilot taught me to carry a knife and hatchet, even when working with a cineflex due to the probable disruption of the cabin in a prang and the amount of video and control cables in the cabin that could easily entangle the crew.
It seems that it is not unusual for a cameraman to suffer the worst injuries compared to other crew in an accident whilst filming out an open door, whilst the opposite is the case when using a stabilised nosemount.
Mickjoebill