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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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Sea World crash survivors prepare for injury lawsuits

A teenage boy who lost his mother and a leg in a helicopter collision at Sea World has gone to court to maintain his chance to sue the theme park.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Chopper crash inquest to look at pilot's cocaine use

An inquest into a fatal mid-air helicopter collision will look at a number of issues including a pilot's cocaine use before the crash, the coroner has heard.

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Sea World helicopter crash report reveals the ‘significant’ safety failings that caused deadly midair collision

British couple Ron and Diane Hughes were among four people killed when two helicopters collided on Australia’s Gold Coast

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Safety protocols failed before deadly Sea World crash

A catastrophic mid-air collision between two helicopters was "entirely preventable", investigators say, as victims of the crash seek compensation.

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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

The Independent UK

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

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Airspace review under way at Gold Coast collision site

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is reviewing the Gold Coast airspace in which two helicopters tragically collided in January.

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Queensland woman convicted of fraud for using dead Sea World helicopter pilot's name to avoid traffic fine

Stephanie Louise Bennett, 33, was caught using her mobile phone while driving and nominated Ashley Jenkinson as the driver.

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Mum weeps as fine doubled for stealing pilot's identity

A woman who used a dead Sea World helicopter pilot's identity to get out of a traffic ticket has broken down at her sentencing in a Queensland court.

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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.

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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.

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

Four people were killed and nine injured in the mid-air crash off Australia's Gold Coast

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Ten-year-old chopper crash survivor awake

Nicholas Tadros has woken up and responded to questions after a series of surgeries in the Queensland Children's Hospital.

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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.

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Boy stable after Qld helicopter crash

A Sydney boy is in a critical but stable condition one day after he was due to have a major operation on broken bones after a helicopter crash in Queensland.

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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.

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How the holiday of a lifetime on the Gold Coast descended into an 'unthinkable' tragedy

It should have been the holiday of a lifetime, but little did a group of 11 travellers know that a five-minute joy ride would soon become an unforgettable day of loss and tragedy.

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