Two pilots have died after a helicopter collision in WA

Two helicopter pilots have died after a collision 300 kilometres east of Broome in WA's Kimberley region.

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00:00Well at this early stage what we know is that two men aged 29 and 30 years old

00:06have both died in the helicopter crash in WA's Kimberley region. Now what we

00:11know is that at about 6.30 this morning four cattle mustering aircraft took off

00:17near Mount Anderson station in Camballon which is a cattle station about 300

00:22kilometres east of Broome. It's believed that shortly after those four

00:27helicopters took off two of them collided. Now what we know at this stage

00:32and what we've been told by police is that there was one pilot on board each

00:36of the aircraft and both of those men died from their injuries during the

00:41crash. So police will be preparing a report for the coroner and we've also

00:46received a statement from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau which says it

00:50will be deploying a team of transport safety investigators from its Brisbane

00:54and Canberra offices to the site. They will be expertise in aircraft operations

01:00and maintenance. It's also said in its statement that it will release a

01:05preliminary report detailing the facts in about two months time. So

01:10investigators will be speaking to witnesses but what we do know is that it

01:14is a small tight-knit community in a remote part of WA so there is no doubt

01:20that this tragedy will be felt far and wide.

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