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Three Dead in Australian Crash

What: Kenny-owned helicopter took off from Bellburn airstrip
Where: Purnululu National Park The airstrip abuts a bush camp in the World Heritage-listed Purnululu, about 55 kilometres by air from the township of Warmun.
When: on Sunday
Who: three young women and their Queensland pilot killed when a helicopter crashed. Pilot Christian Cartigue, and passengers Jessica May Cousins, 19, and Sarah Louise Thomas and Whitney Pinney, both 20.
Why: Rugged terrain in the remote Kimberley location is hampering recovery


Photo from http://www.smh.com.au/

Jessica Cousins inset, Sarah Thomas … both died in the crash.

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