A tangled water bucket line is to blame for the death of a New Zealand-born helicopter pilot who was fighting fires in Australia
A tangled water bucket line is to blame for the death of a New Zealand-born helicopter pilot who was fighting fires in Australia
19 October 2018
Alan Hull - known as Tully - died while water-bombing a blaze near Milton, on the coast east of Canberra.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau's report says witnesses saw the bucket and longline tangle among a stand of trees.
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