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Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa

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Pilot lost control after bird in cardboard box slid off a passenger's knee and knocked controls, aviation authority finds.

Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa

An "unsecured" penguin in a cardboard box was the cause of a helicopter crash in South Africa, a report into the incident has found.

The penguin, which had been placed in the box and on the lap of a passenger, slid off and knocked the pilot's controls just after take-off from Bird Island off the Eastern Cape on 19 January.

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