Helicopter Accident At Moorabbin 5/12/2011

[red750]

At 1525 on Monday, Schweizer 300 helicopter VH-XTY crashed at Moorabbin Airport. See initial report:

 

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2011/aair/ao-2011-157.aspx

 

I happened to be at the airport on Monday and took this photo of the helicopter at 12:33 (exif data)

 

Peter

 

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[red750]

The ATSB has sought permission to use my photo (or another one taken in August, found through Google images) in their report of the accident.

 

Peter.

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

The ATSB has sought permission to use my photo (or another one taken in August, found through Google images) in their report of the accident.Peter.

Did they see it here or it came up with an image search?

 

 

[red750]

Image search - found it on my other gallery - airport-data.com. Here is a link to the photo they originally asked for:

 

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/617327.html

 

If you go to Google Images and search VH-XTY, it's the first image displayed. They didn't know until I replied to their email that I had taken another photo less than 3 hours before the accident.

 

Peter.

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

Image search - found it on my other gallery - airport-data.com. Here is a link to the photo they originally asked for:http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/617327.html

 

If you go to Google Images and search VH-XTY, it's the first image displayed. They didn't know until I replied to their email that I had taken another photo less than 3 hours before the accident.

 

Peter.

Good stuff. Yes, the heli in better times :(