A helicopter crashed on Wave Hill station yesterday, but it was not a typical, relatively low-powered R22 mustering helicopter involved in station work but a very expensive turbine chopper, specifically built to carry passengers – a Bell Longranger. Presumably it had the standard Longranger seating for 7 but the chopper only contained the pilot and one passenger on a helicopter safari travelling from Broome. Both blokes, in their 50s, only received minor injuries. Wave Hill manager Gavin Hoad saw the crash because he was watching the chopper coming in to land on the station airstrip.
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