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Date & Time:
Jan 02, 2023 at 1359 LT
Type of aircraft:
Eurocopter EC 130B4
Operator:
Sea World Helicopters Pty Ltd
Registration:
VH-XH9
Flight Phase:
Approach
Flight Type:
Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Sea World Heliport, QLD
Location:
Sea World Heliport, QLD
Total fatalities:
0
Total Occupants:
6
Circumstances:
Two Eurocopter EC 130B4 helicopters of Sea World Helicopters suffered a mid-air collision near Sea World Heliport (YSWD), Main Beach, Queensland.
VH-XKQ was departing Sea World Heliport when it was struck by the approaching VH-XH9 and it crashed nose down onto a sandbank and VH-XH9 made an emergency landing on the same sandbank with severe damage to the cockpit section.
Four of the seven occupants died and three received critical injuries. Five of the six occupants of the VH-XH9 received minor injuries by cockpit glass debris.
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