The dramatic images of the moments lived aboard one of the two helicopters that collided in Australia, killing four. A first reconstruction shows that the main rotor blade of the helicopter taking off collided with the cockpit of the helicopter landing,
A Passenger touches driver’s shoulder who sits in front of him and points to something in front of them to warn him, then the man holding on to the seat, and immediately after that the glass of the helicopter shatters, hitting everyone.
They are the dramatic images of Moments experienced on the edge of one of the two helicopters that collided in Australia caused four dead.
The video, published by Australian newspaper 7 News, was being shot aboard one of Sea World’s two tourist helicopters carrying tourists to the Gold Coast on Monday afternoon when they collided for reasons yet to be clarified.
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The helicopter referred to in the video was landing when the other plane’s rotor blades hit it dead center.
The survivors of the crash
The passengers on board protagonists of the video are those who They managed to get out alive of the dramatic crash after the pilot managed to land the helicopter safely despite the broken windshield and the panic on board.
On the other hand, the balance aboard the other helicopter is dramatic who fell to the ground without a rotor, without a British couple, 57-year-old Diane Hughes and her husband Ron, 65, and two Australians, Vanessa Tadros, a Sydney resident, and 40-year-old veteran pilot Ashley Jenkinson.
Both helicopters They did tourist flightsi for Sea World, a popular theme park on the Gold Coast, when tragedy struck.
said Angus Mitchell, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau The helicopter was airborne for less than 20 seconds upon takeoff before the accident. “After the collision, it was a matter of seconds before it hit the ground. It all happened very quickly,” he told reporters.
A first reconstruction points out that the main rotor blade of the helicopter that was taking off collided with the nose cockpit of the helicopter that was landing, causing considerable damage. “We have yet to determine if this was exactly the first true point of impact between the two helicopters,” the Australian official said.