Eagle may have brought down helicopter in NSW bushland killing pilot, report says
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#64E4B)
Bird strike contributed to crash near Maroota, north-west of Sydney, Australian Transport Safety Bureau says
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A helicopter may have struck an eagle shortly before breaking up, crashing and killing the pilot in remote bushland north-west of Sydney, an ongoing investigation says.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's (ATSB) preliminary report into the Bell 206L-1 Long Ranger helicopter's 9 July crash near Maroota includes some of the evidence the agency has collected.
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