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Fatigue management and helicopter configuration flagged as factors in fatal crash off Port Hedland
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- Jun 17, 2022
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An investigation into a fatal helicopter crash off the northern WA coast has found the configuration of the helicopter's controls and fatigue were factors in the crash.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has made 21 findings in its final report into the March 2018 crash, which occurred when the helicopter was on its way to pick up a marine pilot from a bulk carrier ship off the Port Hedland coast.
The report said the pilot of the helicopter had been recently recruited by operator Heli-Aust Whitsundays Pty Ltd and was being supervised by a company instructor while carrying out his first night-time marine pilot transfers.
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