102.9 Hot Tomato – SeaWorld Helicopter Crash – Thursday 5th January 2023 [Audio]

Transcript:

Speaker 1:
New shocking footage that’s emerged is expected to help investigators piece together exactly how and why two helicopters crashed mid-air on the Gold Coast, killing four people. The video was taken inside the chopper that managed to land safely and shows a passenger frantically tapping the pilot on the shoulder seconds before impact. Pilot and aircraft crash lawyer, Peter Carter, has told seven blind spots can occur, so it’s possible the two helicopters simply did not see each other.

Peter Carter:
That said, what were the procedures of that particular operation company to avoid those types of incidents? The investigators will pay particular attention to the standard operating procedure-