An air safety report reveals a helicopter that crashed into a Cairns hotel, killing the drunk pilot, hit the building blades-first with its rotor engines on full.
A helicopter that crashed into a Cairns hotel, killing the drunk pilot, hit the building blades-first with its rotor engines on full, an air safety report has revealed.
Charter company Nautilus Aviation said in a statement shortly after the crash that Wilson, a New Zealand man employed as a ground staff member with the company since April, did not have clearance to fly in Australia. The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a waterfront hotel in Cairns was killed and two people were injured.Weather conditions on the night “would not have affected visibility for the pilot as there was an abundance of artificial lighting from city buildings and street lighting,” and wreckage indicated the craft had no defects.
GPS data from the wrecked helicopter, combined with radar data, showed Wilson had circled around Cairn’s Esplanade area, flying over the apartment he shared with housemates twice.
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