8-Sep-2011 Source: HeliHub.com
The ATSB has begun investigation AO-2011-110 following the crash of AS350B VH-RDU earlier today. The helicopter was being operated by Cairns based Heli Charters on a task linked to a communications tower on Double Mountain, near Shoalwater Bay in Queensland. Police reported that two of the three occupants died in the crash, with the third airlifted by RACQ-CQ Rescue to Rockhampton Hospital with suspected spinal, abdominal and shoulder injuries.
HeliHub.com record for this accident is at https://www.helihub.com/2011/09/08/08-sep-11-vh-rdu-eurocopter-as350b-shoalwater-bay-australia-2f/
Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com