Date:	Thursday 8 September 2011
Time:	12:03
Type:	Aérospatiale AS 350BA Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Heli Charters Pty. Ltd.
Registration:	VH-RDU
MSN:	2495
Year of manufacture:	1991
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Double Mountain, 96 km N of Rockhampton, QLD -   Australia
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Calibration/Inspection
Departure airport:	Cairns International Airport - YBCS/CNS
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	ATSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Two men were killed this afternoon in a helicopter crash on the central Queensland coast, police have confirmed.

Police said initial information suggests that the helicopter, from a Cairns-based charter company, crashed in dense bush land at Shoalwater Bay, while conducting a communications tower maintenance task, about 96 kilometres north of Rockhampton about midday.

The RACQ Capricorn rescue helicopter is en route to the scene to transport the injured male survivor to Rockhampton Base Hospital.

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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/two-dead-in-helicopter-crash-20110908-1jz0b.html
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2011/aair/ao-2011-110.aspx

https://photos.smugmug.com/Airplanes/HELICOPTERS/steve20100812000021884-copy/967948123_3c3KN-S.jpg (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Sep-2011 22:19	Tayug	Added
08-Sep-2011 00:21	gerard57	Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative]
08-Sep-2011 00:25	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
08-Sep-2011 01:58	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Jun-2022 09:17	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative]