Inquiries are continuing following a fatal helicopter crash in the State’s Shoalhaven region today.
About 3.55pm (Saturday 4 February 2012), emergency services received reports that a small helicopter had crashed at an airstrip in Jaspers Brush, near Nowra.
NSW Police and other emergency services attended and found the helicopter well alight.
The 50-year-old male pilot, from Melbourne, and a male passenger – an American aged in his 50s – died at the scene.
Officers attached to Shoalhaven Local Area Command established a crime scene and specialist officers have attended and are investigating the crash.
Witnesses have told police the helicopter crashed shortly after taking-off.
Anyone who witnessed the incident, or the events leading up to it, is urged to contact Nowra Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.