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Rex Martinich

Chopper pilot 'had breakdown, took drugs' before crash

One of the helicopter crash pilots had taken cocaine the day before, an inquest has been told. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A helicopter pilot involved in one of Australia's worst air disasters had a mental "breakdown" and used cocaine the day before making tourist joy flights, a coroner has heard.

Ashley Jenkinson, 40, was among four people who died when his Sea World chopper collided midair with another outside the Gold Coast theme park on January 2, 2023.

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