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Another helicopter incident

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Created by westozwind > 9 months ago, 16 Aug 2011
westozwind
WA, 1392 posts
16 Aug 2011 1:51PM
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Anyone you know?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/10048195/trigg-surfer-safe-after-search/

swinginginthewind
WA, 281 posts
16 Aug 2011 2:42PM
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westozwind said...

Anyone you know?


Don't know who it was, saw the helicopter and the rescue boat from Hillarys heading towards Trigg.

Channel 9 were down at Brighton so there may be something on their news tonight.

Looking at the report it seems whoever it was is OK. I hope they called the water police to report they were OK, otherwise we will have more bad press

coreyb
WA, 463 posts
16 Aug 2011 3:00PM
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Not sure that is accurate.

I spoke to the guys on the rescue boat and there was a report of a kitesurfer out the reefs, but no missing rider.

I think it may have been a beach goer making a call to rescue and then not watching if the person came in or not.

The helicopter did come on a fly past so someone did call them up.

Poida
WA, 1916 posts
16 Aug 2011 4:08PM
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heres a couple of pics from triggs, with a couple from the surf comp, rescue boat headed back to port after a few minutes of chatting to the kiters it seems.







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