Helicopter faced ‘wall of cloud’ before fatal Mt Disappointment crash, report says
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#5Z4TZ)
Pilot told to turn around before aircraft hit a large tree and crashed north of Melbourne, according to preliminary ATSB report
A helicopter pilot was told to turn around because a wall of cloud" was approaching, minutes before the aircraft crashed north of Melbourne, a preliminary report into the accident says.
Pilot Dean Neal, 32, was killed along with four passengers when the Microflite helicopter he was flying crashed at Mount Disappointment, 60km north of Melbourne on 31 March.
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