The pilot of a helicopter coming into land did not see a second helicopter or hear a radio call before the tragic mid-air collision on the Gold Coast. 9News
collided near the Sea World theme park, killing pilot Ash Jenkinson, British newlyweds Diane and Ron Hughes, and Sydney woman Vanessa Tadros.
The two helicopters - operated by Sea World Helicopters, a separate corporate entity to the theme park - took off from separate helipads more than 200m apart. "The helicopters were operating in a non-controlled or class G space where pilots use a common traffic advisory frequency to make radio calls to announce their positions and intentions and where necessary to arrange separation."The choppers were meant to follow the same orbit and land on the opposite helipads.Mitchell said the pilot of the first helicopter saw passengers boarding the second chopper and believed it would pass behind them after take off.
The agency has created a 3D model of what the pilots could have seen to figure out the "impediments" to seeing each other's helicopter.
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