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Rex Martinich

'Low level' cocaine found in fatal chopper crash pilot

A pilot who died in the Sea World chopper crash had low-level cocaine in his system, the ATSB says. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A helicopter pilot among four people killed in a mid-air-collision had cocaine in his system but at a level unlikely to have affected his flying, a preliminary investigation has found.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Tuesday released an interim report into the January 2, 2023 collision between two helicopters near Sea World on the Gold Coast.

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