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Australia 2023: mid-air collision with two helicopters, several killed...

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...not a good way to start the new year... :(

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/305477
Date: 02-JAN-2023
Time: c. 14:00
Type: helicopter

The helicopter collided with another near the Broadwater at Southport, Queensland.
PIctures of the wreckage:
https://twitter.com/NewsMediaNetAU/stat ... 8964768768 :(

...see
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/65056 ... 023-a.html
Pprune messageboard.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... water.html
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... broadwater
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: Australia 2023: mid-air collision with two helicopters, several killed...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywtBnINHf6I

The registrations of the EC-130s involved are known now:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/305478
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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/305477

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBf_4Z43-xA
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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