Cameraman and pilot survive dramatic Ten chopper crash

Tim Burrowes

January 20, 2013 3:26

A Ten news cameraman and a pilot have escaped with only minor injuries after the chopper they were filming from crash landed.

Source: Nine News

The accident, which took place near Perth, was captured on camera by a crew from Nine News who were at the scene of the accident the Ten chopper was filming.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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4 COMMENTS

Dave 21 Jan 13

News101 Mumbrella team.

You might want to put the date and time of incidents like this. If you want to be seen as a credible news source…..

Just saying 🙂

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Jacob Hodgman 21 Jan 13

Woah! Glad they’re both ok. I used to dread this whenever hanging out of a chopper. Pretty damn traumatic. Best wishes for a full recovery, physically and mentally.

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glenn 21 Jan 13

shame no one helped the pilot out

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Peter Masken 26 Jan 13

Glad to hear that both just suffered minor injuries after this crash, could have been worse. Never go faster then your guardian angel!

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