Post details: Australia - New South Wales Ranger Killed In Helicopter Crash While Fighting Fires

11/01/10

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Australia - New South Wales Ranger Killed In Helicopter Crash While Fighting Fires

A 41-year-old National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger, Aaron Harber, was killed and a pilot seriously injured when their helicopter crashed during firefighting operations on December 9th 2009.

Ranger Aaron Harber holding a mutton bird

Police said the helicopter crashed in dense rainforest about 50 kilometers west of Coffs Harbour. Emergency personnel arrived at the scene to find the pilot suffering critical head, chest and back injuries. Harber was already dead. The pilot was taken by ambulance to Dorrigo Hospital.

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