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Cameraman killed in plane crash

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Michael Brennan

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Sad news that wildlife cameraman Richard Matthews was killed in a fixed wing plane crash whilst shooting aerials on March 3rd in Namibia.
Richard was a Bafta and Emmy award winning wildlife cameraman who worked with BBC Natural History Unit an Anglia to name a few.
He also developed stabilised mounts for fixed wing aircraft.
Pilot Mark Berry also died.

http://Wildlife-film.com/

What more can we say :(


Mike Brennan
 
Sorry to hear it. RIP Richard.

Michael Brennan said:
Sad news that wildlife cameraman Richard Matthews was killed in a fixed wing plane crash whilst shooting aerials on March 3rd in Nambia.
Richard was a Bafta and Emmy award winning wildlife cameraman working with BBC Natural History Unit an Anglia to name a few.
He also developed stabilised mounts for fixed wing aircraft.
Pilot Mark Berry also died.

http://Wildlife-film.com/

What more can we say :(


Mike Brennan
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RIP Richard!

My condolences to his family.

I had heard about it a few days back. I heard that the person flying the plane was a conservationist. Having been hospitalised while filming before, every death makes me think whether I have done enough, as tomorrow can be the last day. We are all mortals, though we often forget it.
 
That is shocking news.
I had known Richard for more than 25 years and only recently renewed our friendship at last year's Wildscreen.
Very, very sad loss.
My condolences to Richard's family and also to the family of his pilot, Mark.

Alan.
 
Very sad indeed...my heartfelt condolences go out to the families affected by this.

I didn't know Richard personally - but nevertheless I feel a kinship because we both have worked extensively in a common genre (wildlife). When you see re-runs of the programs he contributed to, just know that he gave his all to his craft.

Wildlife, adventure travel, and action sports camera work are each among the most dangerous genres of camera work. I know - those are three of the genres I've worked in throughout my career - and I've experienced many close calls. In those genres we analyze the inherent risks, take all precautions to minimize them, and then go out and get those extremely difficult shot sequences. Unfortunately once in a while something goes horribly wrong.

Another wildlife production associate of mine, Mike deGruy, was killed in a helicopter crash in Australia a few years back. It always hurts to lose a friend.

Rest in peace Richard...
 
Sabyasachi Patra said:
RIP Richard!

My condolences to his family.

I had heard about it a few days back. I heard that the person flying the plane was a conservationist. Having been hospitalised while filming before, every death makes me think whether I have done enough, as tomorrow can be the last day. We are all mortals, though we often forget it.
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Sadley this is a different crash. The plane crash that killed 30 year old cameraman John Driftmier was piloted by conservationist Dr Anthony King and occured in Kenya Feb 24th. An expert eyewitness said the lightweight aircraft was flown into turbulent weather beyond its capability to maintain flight, shortly after takeoff.

Richard was passionate about aerials, he was a pilot and developed and integrated mounts to his four-seater Jabiru light aircraft, which we had recently chatted about.
A sound business plan in his neck of the woods, however not without risk due to the pressure of flying on the edge of the stall to keep the shot slow and with the risk of using a single engine craft over hostile terraine. Also in the plane was a very experienced commercial pilot, presumably the pilot in command.
They crashed on Sunday, not reported missing until Monday and despite an aerial search were not found until Tuesday, which is a very long interval given the availability of satellite tracking that reports an aircraft position every minute or so, so something doesn't add up :(

We dont know the cause of the Richard's crash, which occured in a rugged and highly mountainous area near Sesfontein in the Kunene Region.



Mike Brennan
 
Sad to hear. I didn't know Richard but I know his work, and his passing is a great loss for his field and for us all.
 
Wow, :/ Very Sad RIP
 
Very sad News... ther is Always danger when you push the boundaries, I used to ride Sport Bikes and These kinds of threads always made me Give thanks every day i wake up..

RIP
 
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