The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has detailed a pilot’s miraculous escape after their helicopter crashed and burst into flames last month. This resulted in them losing sight of the already identified wires in the spraying run overshoot area,” the ATSB said. “Shortly after the dispensing had been completed, the pilot entered the neighbouring paddock and saw the wires. In its brief, the ATSB wrote that the pilot had been distracted by other nearby concerns. “Research by the ATSB has shown that 63 per cent of pilots [in 180 wirestrike accidents] were aware of the position of the wire before they struck it.