In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, people pass Morgan Stanley's headquarters in New York. Morgan Stanley says it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter. Shares jumped in pre-market trading, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, people pass Morgan Stanley's headquarters in New York. Morgan Stanley says it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter. Shares jumped in pre-market trading, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Unidentified teens walk past the home of the family of Arifeen David Gojali in Pomona, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Three California men excited at the prospect of training in Afghanistan to become terrorists prepared, authorities say, by simulating combat with paint ball rifles, wiping their Facebook profiles of any Islamic references and concocting cover stories. Family members told The Associated Press they were shocked by Gojali's arrest, but added that the unemployed Gojali had drifted away from the family in the recent months. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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This provided photo taken Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, by Jenny Collins from her neighbor's window shows law enforcement and FBI agents during a raid at the home of 21-year-old Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales of Upland, Calif. Santana was one of four Southern California men charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday. In one online conversation, Santana told an FBI undercover agent that he wanted to commit jihad and expressed interest in a jihadist training camp in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jenny Collins)
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Jenny Collins shows the photos she took of an FBI raid last Friday outside her next door neighbor's home, where 21-year-old Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales lived in Upland, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Santana is one of four Southern California men charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said. In one online conversation, Santana told an FBI undercover agent that he wanted to commit jihad and expressed interest in a jihadist training camp in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Members of the media gather outside the home of 21-year-old Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales of Upland, Calif. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Vidriales is one of four Southern California men who have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday. In one online conversation, Santana told an FBI undercover agent that he wanted to commit jihad and expressed interest in a jihadist training camp in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Members of the media gather outside the home of 21-year-old Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales of Upland, Calif. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Vidriales is one of four Southern California men charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said. In one online conversation, Santana told an FBI undercover agent that he wanted to commit jihad and expressed interest in a jihadist training camp in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Bill Lewis, assistant agent in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, right, and David Bowdich, special agent in charge of the FBI's L.A. area counterterrorism unit, discuss the arrests of four men suspected of promoting terrorist activities in counties east of Los Angeles, at a news conference at FBI headquarters in Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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From left, Mohammad Atia with his father Gamal Atia , and Muhammad Sanusi speak near their home in Pomona, Calif., Tuesday Nov.20, 2012, about their neighbor, Sohiel Omar Kabir who was arrested along with three other men accused of plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan. ( AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Pilot praised aftter TV chopper crash
The TV cameraman who had a lucky escape when the helicopter he was filming from crash landed in Perth has returned to his office, after thanking the pilot of the aircraft for saving his life.
Adam Delmage, a cameraman for the Ten Network in Perth, and Paul Debenham from helicopter charter company Heliwest, both walked away from the crash in Baskerville, a rural suburb northeast of Perth on Saturday.
They were filming a truck rollover from the air when their aircraft made a 'hard landing', with the tail snapping away from the body of the chopper as it rolled.
Mr Delmage made a brief appearance at the Network Ten offices today to thank friends and colleagues for their support. Having been treated for neck pain, and with his arm in a sling, Mr Delmage is believed to be taking some time off work to recover.
He was also keen to praise the actions of the pilot, whom he said had saved his life, and those of others already on the scene for the earlier traffic accident.
"Debo my chopper pilot today did an amazing job getting us down the way he did with trees, people, powerlines, hills etc. Everything happened so fast, he saved my life and I didn't know if he was alive for a while there," Mr Delmage posted on his Facebook page.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has launched an inquiry into the crash, which was caught on camera by other media personnel at the scene.
"I kind of got flung out the cabin and was hanging over the door," Mr Delmage said.
"If it had rolled one more time I wouldn't be here. The tail was up on end, the chopper was on its side.
"I thought the pilot was dead. I didn't know whether to run back and help him out because I didn't know if it was going to go up in flames."
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