The investigation will try to find an angle to blame the Houthis, to justify more carpet bombing of civilians in Yemen.
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Update from a tweet by Kaitlin Collins. According to her, a US official said that initial reports from the scene indicated that the USS Truman made a hard turn to the right to avoid Houthi fire, suggesting that this contributed to the aircraft loss.
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New flight suit required.
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A helicopter has crashed off the coast of the Bellarine Peninsula, south-west of Melbourne, with three people onboard.
Incident advice from Emergency Victoria showed 12 emergency services vehicles in attendance, near the town of Ocean Grove.
Ambulance Victoria responded to reports of an aircraft incident in Point Lonsdale at about 10:10am, a spokesperson said. āParamedics are on scene working alongside our emergency services colleagues.ā
A spokesperson for Victoria Police said the helicopter was reportedly seen crashing into water off Fellows Road just after 10am.
Footage provided to news channels appears to show the aircraft in water just off the coast.
āAll three people managed to make it to shore and were located by passersby who contacted emergency services,ā police said in a statement.
āA yet to be formally identified male and female have been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. A yet to be formally identified male has been taken by road to hospital with serious injuries.ā
Shock horror, itās another Robinson R44.
Anyone taking a ride in one of these, make sure your life insurance is up to date.
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Getting ready for the VE celebrations and this 82 yo beauty decided she didnāt want to take part. Pilot and passenger both walked away.
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My first thought too - its one of those death traps ā¦
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It will buff out. (Worse has probably already been buffed out.)
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Good job that I have excellent life insurance as Iāve flown in them dozens of times without incident so Iām due
Itās not really the sort of claim that reassures, though, is it? āMany thousands of flights in these aircraft havenāt ended in a fatal crash.ā
Probably not but Iād get in one tomorrow, that sort of thing doesnāt phase me too much.
Iāve had thousands of flights over the years and even been involved in a light plane crash, Iāve got generations of pilots from both sides of my family and most have them have had an accident of some description so I just donāt really think about it I guess
Well right now Iām at a stopover in Saigon on the way to Munich (and then Sofia) and Iām very glad my first leg was an A350 and the next leg is a B787. 
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Whatās the old adage? More people die crossing the road.
Helicopters in general fine, but an R44 no thanks. No point stopping in the middle of the busy road increasing oneās chance of getting hit.
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Iām not sure of the old adage, but flying is generally very safe. And the reason itās generally very safe is that people who are responsible for that safety take it very seriously and donāt take it for granted. So for so eone flying. Sure donāt think about it. For someone flying, designing, repairingā¦I want them thinking about it all the time!!
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You had a beer or two? 
They were all lucky to walk away from this one.
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Pretty clear the go-around started before they hit the bird(s).
I think theyāve been thinking the go-around occurred after the bird-strike to this point.
Cessna crash at San Diego most likely through poor visibility and clipping power lines.
At this stage 2 onboard dead and as it ploughed into a residential area there could be more injuries after emergency services check it out
Maybe more than fog
Uh oh