AUGUST 2017

AUGUST 3  2017	Posted 15:37
ONE SURVIVOR IN ULTRALIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING S-E OF MELBOURNE
A student pilot and instructor have survived an emergency landing after the BRM Aero Bristell ultralight they were in crashed into a paddock south-east of Melbourne	Quote from Media: "Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman Peter Gibson says the ultralight two-seater plane was on a training flight when it crashed"
UPDATE - 19-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG STUDENT PILOT DIES FROM INJURIES
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SIMILAR REPORT IN 2012 - FATAL
MEDIA REPORT COPY IN PDF

AUGUST 2  2017	Posted 15:36
POWER-LINES CLAIM HELICOPTER AND PILOT NEAR CLONCURRY IN QLD
A cattle mustering helicopter - believed to be Robinson R22 - has crashed into a paddock near Cloncurry after striking power lines	Quote from Media: "The helicopter burst into flames ...the sole male pilot was pronounced dead at the scene"
ATSB REPORT
UPDATE
Brent Acton aged 40 and the father of two young children died when the Robinson R22 helicopter he was flying crashed into a paddock on Lanark Property and burst into flames	“He was heading out to a property about 30 odd kilometres out of town to do some mustering - he wasn’t mustering at the time and it’s undetermined yet as to what happened”
MEDIA REPORT COPY IN PDF

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