What: Robinson R22 helicopters
Where: Springvale Station, about 50km north of the Halls Creek, at a remote Western Australian cattle station
When: May 5
Who: pilot Wanganui pilot Matthew Warrick William Funnell, 39 and pilot 37-year-old Troy Aaron Wareham. Funnell is the cousin of John Funnell, managing director of Helicopter Services BOP – which provides air ambulance services.
Why: When the pilots did not return, a search party was sent out, which discovered the wreckage. The crash is under investigation
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