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'He's very, very lucky to walk away'

The Civil Aviation Authority says a pilot was lucky to walk away from a helicopter crash on Auckland's waterfront this morning.
The CAA has carried out a preliminary investigation and CAA safety investigator Steve Walker this afternoon began examining and photographing the crash site at the Viaduct Basin and interviewing witnesses.
Helicopter pilot Greg Gribble was this morning installing the seven-storey, fibre optic Telecom Christmas tree on Te Wero Island, in Auckland's Viaduct Basin when his chopper plunged to the ground about 10.30am.
He was flung out the front door of the helicopter before falling back through its side door.
TVNZ was filming the tree being installed and footage shows Mr Gribble narrowly missing the still-spinning rotor blades.
Mr Walker said an initial look at the wreck suggested a cable the helicopter was using for lifting played a key role in the crash.
"There's certainly some clues that lead us to believe there was an issue with the cable that was being used...
and that it interfered with the helicopter.
''[The pilot] was lucky to walk away from this.''

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