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Sea World pilot 'likely mildly impaired' by cocaine

A pilot taking theme park tourists on a scenic flight may not have realised his impairment from drug and alcohol use before a fatal crash, a coroner has heard.

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Claim choppers blocked pilot view before crash 'false'

Air crash investigators claim that new helicopters gave pilots poor visibility prior to a mid-air collision at Sea World has been denied by a tour flight boss.

AAP

'Gross, negligent': drugs blamed for chopper tragedy

The head of a joy flight provider has alleged that a pilot was under the influence of drugs when he was killed in a tragic helicopter collision.

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Potential drugs claim delays helicopter collision probe

A second round of coronial hearings into one of Australia's worst air disasters has been delayed for more than five months after a new witness came forward.

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Drugs, stress 'likely impaired' Sea World tragedy pilot

A helicopter pilot involved in one of Australia's worst air disasters was likely but not certainly affected by drugs and stress, experts testified to a coroner.

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Chopper pilot 'had breakdown, took drugs' before crash

A theme park's chief helicopter pilot was tearful from stress and took cocaine before tourist flights leading up to a fatal crash, a coroner has heard.

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Brave boy who lost mum, leg attends chopper crash probe

One of the youngest survivors of a fatal helicopter mid-air collision outside a theme park has attended an inquest into the crash for the first time.

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No daily drug tests for pilots before Sea World crash

A helicopter pilot killed along with three others in a horror mid-air collision outside a theme park later tested positive for cocaine, a coroner has heard.

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Ground worker blamed herself for horror chopper crash

A young staff member with no prior experience was tasked with looking out for hazards before a fatal mid-air collision outside Sea World, a coroner has heard.

AAP

‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France

Almost 300 researchers have applied for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia

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Aged-care heatstroke death preventable, coroner finds

An aged-care resident who died while alone in an unshaded area during a Queensland summer was not given his hourly safety check by staff, a coroner has found.

AAP

Backpacker's fatal farm crash during 'romantic outing'

A backpacking couple had been working on an avocado farm for a few weeks before they decided to take a large ride-on mower for a "joyride" that turned fatal.

AAP

'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' singer CoCo Lee dies at 48

The Hong Kong-born vocalist and songwriter became the first person of Chinese descent to perform at the Oscars with a nominated song from the popular martial arts film.

WEKU

Loose object theory posed in fatal vintage plane crash

The reason a pilot lost control of his vintage aircraft during a scenic flight involving aerobatic manoeuvres off the Gold Coast in 2019 remains a mystery.

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Soviet-era aircraft travelling below 500ft before crashing into ocean off Gold Coast, inquest finds

Investigators were not able to determine with certainty that Gold Coast pilot Martinus van Hattem was completing an aerobatic manoeuvre immediately before the fatal crash off South Stradbroke Island in 2019, but it was considered a possibility.

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