Crash investigators from the Australian transport safety bureau have arrived in Western Australia’s far north to investigate the helicopter crash which killed two pilots on a remote Kimberley cattle station.
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00:00The team of three investigators from the ATSB have just arrived here in Broome.
00:07They'll make their way by road to Derby, then on to Mount Anderson Station, which is a remote
00:12cattle station near Camballon, about 300 kilometres from Broome.
00:18Investigators are likely to arrive at the crash site by tomorrow morning.
00:22We've been told once they get there, crews will use a drone to examine the scene by air
00:27and then conduct investigation on the ground.
00:30The two men, aged 29 and 30 years old, were killed when the helicopters they were piloting
00:36collided shortly after take-off while mustering cattle.
00:40The ATSB says it's already started gathering information to try and find out how the crash
00:45happened and is looking at maintenance records, qualifications, hours of the pilots and the
00:51operation itself.
00:53The first report into the crash is due within four to six weeks.