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Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:00 pm
by allycat
Just seen a post on twitter about ch 10 chopper crash Land's in Ellenbrook.Can any one confirm this ?
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:35 pm
by JinbaIttai
Hi Ally
I read about it here first (
http://warsug.info/viewtopic.php?p=105042#p105042 )
Ch10 helicopter crash landed in Baskerville, Pilot and Cameraman taken to hospital for minor injuries.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:44 pm
by nachoman
According to Jetspotter, Channel 10 use a Bell 206B JetRanger III (rego VH-ZMN) leased from Heliwest.
Photos:
http://jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?regsearch=VH-ZMN
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... rch=vh-ZMN
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:03 pm
by nachoman
source: Channel Nine
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:03 pm
by Helitak_670
She has hit the ground very hard. The people inside are very lucky to have survived that with minor injuries by the looks of it.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:01 am
by Steve
First TV pilot I've seen wearing a helmet. Bet he's glad he was.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:15 pm
by Helitak_670
I am pretty sure when you do "airworks" you have to wear a helmet.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:43 pm
by Nafenn
Steve wrote:First TV pilot I've seen wearing a helmet. Bet he's glad he was.
Every shot i've seen of the Channel 7 news chopper showing the pilot he is wearing a helmet
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:23 pm
by Steve
Well I won't deny it's many years since I last did camerawork from a chopper, so I guess it's been brought in since then.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:33 pm
by westernwedgey
Channel 10 Perth have had 3 Chopper crashes now
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:10 am
by Steve
Spread over 25 years though.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:07 am
by yorky
I'd put that down to bad luck, I'm guessing they previously didn't use Heliwest as they said this was their first incident. Most likely not the same pilot either. Only thing in common is the type of work, and hovering around isn't exactly stressful enough that you see news choppers falling out of the sky all the time.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:28 am
by Steve
Correct. There is no common issue across the incidents.
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:54 pm
by Nafenn
westernwedgey wrote:Channel 10 Perth have had 3 Chopper crashes now
Technically channel 10 has never had a chopper crash, they don't own any helicopters. They lease the helicopters, and smack a channel 10 logo on the side
Re: Ch 10 helicopter
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:47 pm
by Steve
But the people on board, other than the pilot, are employees of Channel Ten. The pilots are an important part of the newsroom, they're colleagues, nothing technical about it. Let me tell you from experience there is not much worse than dispatching a chopper and a news crew to a story and having it not return.