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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Wesley Holmes

Report into helicopter crash questions if pilot made radio call before take off

A report into the Australian helicopter crash that left four people dead has raised questions over if the pilot made a radio call before take off.

Michael James was coming into land near the SeaWorld Marine Park on Australia's Gold Coast on January 2 when his aircraft collided with another helicopter piloted by Ashley Jenkinson. Jenkinson, 40, and three of his passengers - British couple Ron and Diane Hughes, 65 and 57, and Vanessa Tadros, 36 - were all killed in the horror crash.

James said he "did not recall" his fellow pilot making a standard taxiing call to say he was taking off before the crash. He said he thought the second helicopter would pass behind his aircraft, according to a preliminary report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

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