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| Black-horn down: Cow destroys chopper after mid-air tangle | |
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| A farmer trying to round up his livestock in Australia found that you never, ever mess with a cow’s horns – even when flying a helicopter. | A farmer trying to round up his livestock in Australia found that you never, ever mess with a cow’s horns – even when flying a helicopter. |
| The Robinson R22 Beta mustering helicopter was flying near a cattle station in Coen, Queensland when it apparently lost balance and crashed after the cow’s horns got tangled in the chopper’s rails, police said. | The Robinson R22 Beta mustering helicopter was flying near a cattle station in Coen, Queensland when it apparently lost balance and crashed after the cow’s horns got tangled in the chopper’s rails, police said. |
| Neither the cow, nor the 35-year-old pilot-farmer was injured, but the chopper burst into flames after coming down. | Neither the cow, nor the 35-year-old pilot-farmer was injured, but the chopper burst into flames after coming down. |
| “It’s believed the rails underneath the helicopter got tangled up in the cow’s horns, causing the chopper to lose balance,” the Queensland Police Service said on its website. | “It’s believed the rails underneath the helicopter got tangled up in the cow’s horns, causing the chopper to lose balance,” the Queensland Police Service said on its website. |
| Local police were called to the area after they received reports of the helicopter crashing some 15km from the cattle station. The investigation is ongoing. | Local police were called to the area after they received reports of the helicopter crashing some 15km from the cattle station. The investigation is ongoing. |