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EC135 missing in NSW
I hope that this turns out OK, but the EC135 has been missing since Saturday evening. Unsure why it has taken until Monday to start looking :hmm: Richard Green is well known amongst the Australian helicopter community and is already reported as the owner of the missing 135, so no breaking of confidence to name him here.
SEARCH UNDERWAY TO FIND MISSING HELICOPTER The Australian Maritime and Safety Authority is co-ordinating an operation to find a helicopter that went missing between Tamworth and Sydney. The EC135 took off from Breeza on Saturday evening and was headed for Mona Vale in Sydney’s north. The helicopter, with three people on board, hasn’t been heard from since. No mayday call or emergency beacon signal has been detected. AMSA officers were notified this morning. Rescuers, which includes the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, have picked up a ping from a telephone and are searching between the Hunter Valley and Sydney. Seven helicopters are expected to join the search effort this afternoon. A search is underway for a helicopter with three people aboard which has not been heard from since leaving Breeza in north-west New South Wales on Saturday afternoon. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the helicopter was flying to northern Sydney - a trip that should only have taken a couple of hours. AMSA said the helicopter was only reported missing this morning just after 8:00am. The authority's Dornier 328 Search and Rescue plane is inspecting the northern part of the likely flight path, while a rescue helicopter is searching the southern part. The search area stretches from the Hunter Valley to northern Sydney. No mayday calls or emergency beacons were detected, AMSA said. |
Doesn't look good. Reports that phone signal reported from Acadia-Berowra.
Some big country in the southern end of the route. |
Ooh dear.
There's a fair bit of tiger country along that route. Here's hoping. |
Latest report: 3 POB including pilot Richard Green and his wife.
Destination Terrey Hills. Apparently, no Sartime was lodged. |
Unfortunately three deceased including my climbing friend from Balls Pyramid
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Damn and blast.
Wreckage located, three people killed in helicopter crash at Watagans National Park The wreckage of a Eurocopter helicopter with three people on board has been found this evening in Watagans National Park, south of Cessnock. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority's search and rescue team has been coordinating the hunt today and confirmed there were no survivors on board. A paramedic from one of 10 rescue helicopters involved in the search was winched down and confirmed the wreckage was from the missing Eurocopter. AMSA was contacted this morning after the twin-engine helicopter with three people on board had not been heard from since it left Breeza, south-west of Tamworth, on Saturday evening. Northern beaches businessman turned photographer Richard Green and his wife Carolyn were on board the helicopter, along with 71-year-old film maker John Davis. The flight journey should have taken about two hours, and no mayday or emergency beacon had been detected despite the helicopter not arriving at its destination in northern Sydney. The alarm was raised after the group did not return to Terrey Hills. Mr Davis' wife had been away over the weekend and contacted police this morning about 6am. The group had travelled to Breeza to attend a protest against the Shenua Coal mine on the Liverpool Plain. The search area was focused to the area where the wreckage was found following information provided by Airservices Australia. Weather conditions were severe in the Hunter region on Saturday night, with thunderstorms and rain possibly playing a factor in the crash. AMSA said it extends its condolences to the families and friends of those on board the helicopter and thanked all those involved in the search. http://imageresizer.static9.net.au/h...w_missing.ashx http://imageresizer.static9.net.au/e...ashx%3fw%3d603 |
RIP. Carolyn was such a sweet lady.
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RIP to all.
Question for Dick Smith Wouldn't that Helo be very well equipped for IFR? Glass cockpit, Garmin GNS 530 Autopilot etc? What the hell happened? |
RIP.
Was not good weather Saturday pm. |
I have no idea what could have happened .
I am happy to wait for the investigation to be completed. |
So sad.
From the sound of it, no lives would have been saved here, but for such a small cost, everybody should have spidertracks or something equivalent. |
SARTIME would have helped find the accident site earlier.
Terrible outcome, hopefully we all can learn from this tragic event. RIP to all involved. |
RIP
and condolences to all related. His photos are the heritage... |
I am incredibly shocked & saddened to learn of this. I knew Richard & Carolyn very well, they often used to come through YLEC. I can even remember when Carolyn started learning to fly the chopper. It was only a few weeks ago that I located some photos that Richard had given me of places they'd been.
DF. |
Information and footage, already shown to police, suggests that the helicopter landed about 6kms from crash site, was on the ground for 40 mins or so, and then took off again heading east in bad weather.
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The TV news are showing excellent footage of the accident site, definitely tiger area & difficult terrain for the investigators.
Pretty damning report in the SMH this morning, hope they're not true. |
Dick Smith was reported by the ABC as saying thus:
"It could be that the regulator is not doing its job because in some of the things I've read, it really worries me that Richard was flying." I agree with Dick. RIP to all three and I'm thinking of their families and friends at such a sad time. |
Sad news :(
RiP Seems to me that Dick has said something that most were thinking. Strange that on different threads, I've noticed that anti regulation behaviour is applauded down under :confused: |
"It could be that the regulator is not doing its job because in some of the things I've read, it really worries me that Richard was flying." DF. |
Originally Posted by Nigel Osborn
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The TV news are showing excellent footage of the accident site, definitely tiger area & difficult terrain for the investigators.
Pretty damning report in the SMH this morning, hope they're not true. |
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