Eurocopter pilot escapes burning helicopter after wirestrike

A Eurocopter AS 350 (registration unknown), which was conducting agricultural spraying operations near Holbrook, NSW, on 3 September, hit a wire with its skids and lost control, crashing into the ground and catching fire; despite this, the pilot was able to get clear with only minor burns.

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