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Sea World crash families tell of 'loss beyond measure'

A fatal mid-air collision at a theme park has caused lifelong grief for families of victims and ongoing medical problems for survivors, a coroner has heard.

AAP · Jul 24

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.

AAP · Jul 23

Sea World chopper ride safety tightened after tragedy

Safety has been overhauled for joyflights linked to one of Australia's most popular theme parks after a horrific crash claimed four lives.

AAP · Jul 22

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'See and avoid': inquest given crash site skies insight

Technology was critical when navigating crowded skies in a tourist hotspot but many pilots avoid collisions by "looking out the window," a coroner has heard.

AAP · Jul 21

Safety authority grilled over pilot drug testing gaps

A senior aviation safety official has been grilled over the lack of routine drug tests for joy flight pilots amid a probe into four deaths near Sea World.

AAP · Jul 20

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 · Jul 14

'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.

AAP · Jul 12

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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.

AAP · Jan 19

Fatal flight: drug use, pilot stress probed at inquest

A pilot's work stress and drug use before a fatal mid-air collision has been detailed by his fiancee as a coroner weighs what could have prevented the tragedy.

AAP · Dec 5, 2025

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.

AAP · Dec 3, 2025

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.

AAP · Dec 2, 2025

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.

AAP · Dec 1, 2025

Survivor's harrowing story grips chopper crash probe

Terrifying accounts of a mid-air collision between two helicopters have been heard at the first week of an inquest into one of Australia's worst air disasters.

AAP · Nov 28, 2025

Video of Sea World Chopper Crash That Killed Brit Couple Posted Online - The Chilling Events Captured

Newly emerged videos from the Gold Coast inquest show the fatal Sea World helicopter collision that killed four, including a British couple.

International Business Times UK · Nov 26, 2025

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AAP · Nov 26, 2025

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.

AAP · Apr 9, 2025

Fatal chopper crash was 'accident waiting to happen'

A mid-air helicopter crash on a sunny day was an accident waiting to happen, an aviation expert says, after a report found a multitude of failings.

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2025

Faulty antennae 'contributed to mid-air crash which killed British couple'

Diane, 57, and Ron Hughes, 65, from Neston, Cheshire, died in the collision

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2024

Pilot in Sea World helicopter crash that killed British newlyweds had cocaine in system

A report released one year on since the tragic accident revealed the late pilot had cocaine in his system at the time of the crash

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Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2024

Pilot in helicopter crash that killed British couple ‘had cocaine in his system’

Holidaymakers Ron Hughes and his wife Diane, from Neston, Cheshire, died in the collision between two sightseeing helicopters

The New Daily · Apr 4, 2023

Helicopter flights resume after fatal Gold Coast crash

Sea World Helicopters is flying again three months after four people died in a mid-air collision between two of its choppers on the Gold Coast.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

Sea World Helicopters operations resume three months after the collision that killed four people

Helicopter joy flights are operating again from today at the Sea World Park helipad, three months after a deadly mid-air collision.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023

Woman charged with fraud after allegedly listing Sea World chopper pilot Ashley Jenkinson on traffic fine

A Queensland woman is facing a fraud charge after allegedly claiming Sea World chief pilot Ashley Jenkinson was driving her car to avoid a December traffic infringement. Mr Jenkinson was killed in a mid-air chopper crash on January 2.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

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 · Jan 13, 2023

Funeral of Sea World helicopter pilot Ashley Jenkinson who died in crash held on Gold Coast

A private funeral is held for Ashley Jenkinson who was killed when the Sea World helicopter he was flying collided with another over the Broadwater.

AAP · Jan 12, 2023

'Superhero' helicopter pilot farewelled

A private funeral has been held for pilot Ashley Jenkinson, one of four people killed when two helicopters crashed mid-air on the Gold Coast.

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