A pilot “did not recall” his fellow pilot making a standard taxiing call to say he was taking off before their helicopters collided and crashed, killing four people and injuring nine others on the Gold Coast in January. 7NEWS
A pilot “did not recall” his fellow pilot making a standard taxiing call to say he was taking off before their helicopters collided and crashed,Air crash investigators say pilot Michael James told them he saw five passengers boarding the second helicopter at a helipad near Sea World as he was coming in to land his aircraft carrying six passengers at another helipad nearby on January 2.
A fourth helicopter pilot said they could not recall hearing calls from either of the two pilots involved in the crash before their aircraft collided.However, ATSB commissioner Angus Mitchell said that evidence “did not necessarily mean that a taxiing call was not made” by the pilot taking off and investigators would probe the radio calls in the lead-up to the crash.
“The investigation will look closely at the issues both pilots faced in seeing the other helicopter.” Tadros’ son Nicholas, 10, has been undergoing procedures in hospital since the accident, and last week had his leg amputated from the knee down. The injured were New Zealand women Elmarie Steenberg and Marle Swart, who had been on holiday with their husbands Riaan Steenberg and Edward Swart.“The pilot of XH9 reported that at this time they were focused on the landing site, and on managing rotor downwash to avoid a pleasure craft crossing their approach path,” the report said.Winnie De Silva and her son Leon.The report also found the helicopters were not equipped with airborne collision avoidance systems .
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