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a helicopter crashed in auckland today whilst putting up a christmas tree.  the pilot walked away from the accident which was caught on film here

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as it's nearby my office i popped out at lunch to take a picture from the other sides of the water and across the barricade.  (knowing no one had been hurt - i'm not a sicko you know!)

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as chance would have it, i took some pictures of the xmas tree bits on the way to work this morning so here is the star from the tree and the place the helicopter crashed just before it did its crashing thing

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i notice the video is on the Guardian website too

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