Filmmakers die in helicopter crash

Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said today.

Police said two people – an Australian pilot and an American passenger – died yesterday when their helicopter crashed soon after take-off from an airstrip near Nowra, 97 miles north of Sydney, but did not immediately release the victims’ identities. Australia’s ABC News reported that Wight was piloting the helicopter when it crashed.