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Old 9th Nov 2013, 02:38
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Horatio Leafblower
 
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Rescue helicopters contract up for Tender

ABC News

The bit I find interesting in this story is the quote at the end:

Mr Jones says he fully supports the move to twin-engine choppers.

"We saw only last week in Melbourne a small single-engine helicopter crashed on a footy ground," he said.

"You know, if that was to happen in metropolitan Sydney with an injured person on board - the likelihood of that happening is minimal - but if it was to happen, the consequences are catastrophic.

"So it's all about moving toward European legislation and regulation as we need to have the safest possible helicopters."
Now I know nothing about helicopters but from what I have been told, a twin-engine helicopter in the same situation in MEL would have just made a more expensive wreck?
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