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Preliminary report released on helicopter crash that killed couple

Diane and Ron Hughes, from Neston, died in a collision over Main Beach on the Gold Coast on January 2

Liverpool Echo

What the preliminary investigation into deadly Sea World helicopter collision on the Gold Coast has revealed

At the time of the collision both helicopters were on scheduled five-minute flights — one returning and the other taking off. The air safety watchdog has revealed more about what led up to the disaster.

ABC News

Radio silence claim in Gold Coast helicopter tragedy

Three pilots don't recall a colleague radioing to say he was taking off before his helicopter collided with another, killing four people.

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Silence on the airwaves ahead of fatal chopper crash

The initial investigations into a fatal helicopter crash include an assessment of radio transmissions in the seconds ahead of the collision.

AAP

ATSB's preliminary report into Sea World helicopter crash on the Gold Coast released

A preliminary report into the deadly mid-air collision of two helicopters above the Gold Coast Broadwater says the pilot of the helicopter coming in to land did not hear a call over the radio by the pilot taking off.

ABC News

Fatal East Arnhem Land helicopter crash likely occurred after dark despite not being 'equipped for night flight', according to ATSB

The report found the crash, which killed the 47-year-old pilot, likely occurred after 7.20pm, despite the helicopter not being equipped "for night flight".

ABC News

ATSB finds two hot air balloons narrowly avoided deadly outcome in Alice Springs collision

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has emphasised the importance of good decision-making following a hot air balloon collision near Alice Springs last year.

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Australian Transport Safety Bureau upgrades investigation into NT helicopter crash that killed Chris 'Willow' Wilson

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau confirms it has upgraded its investigation into the crash that killed Netflix and National Geographic show cast member, Chris 'Willow' Wilson.

ABC News

Boy faces 'major test' after chopper crash

Nicholas Tadros is undergoing a major operation seven days after a chopper crash that killed four people including his mother on the Gold Coast.

AAP

Chopper crash probe could last 18 months

An investigation into a helicopter collision that killed four people and injured eight on the Gold Coast this week could take at least 18 months to complete.

AAP

New Zealand couples who survived Gold Coast helicopter crash hail pilot as 'hero' as they recall 'nightmare' joy ride

Two New Zealand couples who miraculously survived a fatal helicopter crash on the Gold Coast remember the "traumatic experience" as a "nightmare" and hail their pilot as a "hero".

ABC News

British couple killed in helicopter crash in Australia

Authorities have said that a British couple were among four killed in a helicopter crash that happened on January 2, 2023 in Main Beach, Queensland,…

The National (Scotland)

Family of Brit couple who died in Australia helicopter crash say they are 'heartbroken'

Ron and Diane Hughes, 65 and 57, from Merseyside, were on holiday visiting family on the Gold Coast when they died in the crash near Sea World.

Daily Record

Daughter of British newlyweds killed in Australia helicopter crash says family is ‘heartbroken’

Ron and Diane Hughes, 65 and 57, have been named among four killed after a mid-air helicopter crash

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Evening Standard

British couple killed in Gold Coast helicopter crash and pilot named as family tell of heartbreak

Diane and Ron Hughes were understood to have been on the trip of a lifetime visiting family

Manchester Evening News

North West couple who died in helicopter crash in Australia named and pictured

Ron and Diane Hughes have been named among the four killed in the horror crash

Wales Online

Helicopter collision in Australia kills two British nationals

A 57-year-old woman and 65-year-old man were among the four killed in the incident

The Independent UK

British pair among four killed in helicopter collision in Australia

Queensland Police said the 57-year-old woman and 65-year-old man were travelling from the UK.

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ABC News

What we know so far about Sea World helicopter crash on the Gold Coast

The ATSB said one helicopter carrying seven people was taking off and the other helicopter with six people on board was landing at the time of the crash.

The Independent UK

Gold Coast helicopter crash: Four killed and three critical after collision near Sea World

Two helicopters collided at an Australian tourist hotspot in Queensland, with witnesses watching the crash from a theme park nearby

Daily Mirror

Four dead after two helicopters crash in mid-air near Sea World on Gold Coast

Witnesses watched in horror as two helicopters smashed into each other mid-air on Australia's Gold Coast, with four people reportedly killed and three more fighting for their lives in hospital

ABC News

Investigation begins into death of two in 'experimental' foreign-registered single-engine aircraft at Appin

Emergency services called to a scrub fire south-west of Sydney on Monday found the single-engine aircraft with two men dead inside.

AAP

Doomed Sydney plane from experimental kit

Crash investigators are sifting through the wreckage of a kit-built light plane that crashed on Sydney's southern outskirts, killing two men.

ABC News

Northern Territory Police identify victims of plane crash near Bulman, north-east of Katherine

Authorities disclose the ages of two people who died when a Cessna 210 aircraft crashed in dense bushland 250 kilometres north-east of Katherine on Saturday, as investigators are flown in from interstate.

ABC News

Pilot in fatal Nullarbor plane crash was 43-year-old Perth father-of-two Michael Hebbard

The pilot in last Friday's fatal plane crash on the Nullarbor has been identified as 43-year-old Perth father-of-two Michael Hebbard, described as a "loving partner" and "doting dad".

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