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Helicopter Crashes Sends Three to Flinders Medical Centre Australia


What: Helicopter subcontracting for ElectraNet, which operates the state’s high-voltage transmission lines. flying between rows of 10m-high powerlines
Where: on sheep-grazing land near Wagenknecht Rd, about 8km north of Murray Bridge.
When: 11.54 am
Who: ETSA sub-contractors flown to Flinders Medical Centre by the Adelaide Bank Rescue Helicopter.
Why: a rotor blade struck the cables and sent the helicopter hurtling to the ground. One blade snapped off and landed about 100m away. The tail section broke off.

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