Cow brings down helicopter in Queensland

A pilot has walked away uninjured after a cow brought down his helicopter on a cattle station in Far North Queensland.

The 35-year-old man was mustering on Coen Cattle Station on the Cape York Peninsula yesterday when the aircraft's landing rails became tangled in the cow's horns.

Both the man and bovine safely escaped before the helicopter exploded. 

The Rural Fire Service attended the scene and extinguished the flames from the crash. 

"The cow escaped becoming roast beef and lived to roam another day," Senior Constable Adam Petersen said.

Investigations into the cause of the crash are being conducted by The Australian Transport Safety Bureau.