Australia Helicopter Crash: Chilling Video Shows Movements Inside Cockpit Moments Before Two Helicopters Clipped Into Each Other at Sea World
The footage was from the inside of the higher-positioned helicopter that was flying into land – which the pilot managed to land safely after the collision allowing all on board to walk away with minor injuries.
Mumbai, January 4: Two helicopters collided mid-air killing four people today on Australia's Gold Coast tourism destination on January 2. Now, chilling video from inside the cockpit of one of the helicopters involved in the Sea World tragedy has surfaced. The video shows a passenger warning the pilot of the other approaching aircraft.
The footage was from the inside of the higher-positioned helicopter that was flying into land – which the pilot managed to land safely after the collision allowing all on board to walk away with minor injuries. A passenger in the back seat is shown repeatedly tapping the pilot on the right shoulder with increasing urgency. Australia: Two Helicopters Collide Near Sea World Theme Park in Main Beach; Four Passengers Killed and Three Critically Injured (Videos).
The six passengers - including the pilot - of the helicopter that landed safely on the sand were treated for minor injuries and have since been discharged from the hospital. Helicopter Collision Video: Horrific Moments When Two Helicopters Headed for Crash in Australia's Main Beach Caught on Camera.
The helicopter, which had seven people aboard, fell from a height and slammed into a sandbar after its main rotor struck the windscreen of a second helicopter, and detached. Four people on the lower helicopter were killed after it nosedived into the sandbar on the Gold Coast Broadwater on Monday – pilot Ash Jenkinson, 40, British nationals Ron and Diane Hughes, 65 and 57, and Sydney resident Vanessa Tadros, 36.
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