A 36-year-old woman from Glenmore Park near Penrith is among four people who died when the Sea World helicopter she was in and another collided over a sandbank.
A 36-year-old woman from Glenmore Park near Penrith in Sydney’s west is among four people who died in a helicopter crash on the Gold Coast, which also left the woman’s 10-year-old son in a critical condition.
The second chopper landed on the sandbank, with five of the six aboard suffering shrapnel wounds from a shattered windscreen. Members of the public scrambled to help. “That in itself has led to the main rotor and the gearbox separating from that helicopter, which has meant that tragically, it’s then had no lift and it has fallen heavily to the ground,” he said.Mitchell said the incident unfolded rapidly. “That helicopter taking off was in the air for less than 20 seconds and after the collision it was a matter of seconds before it hit the ground,” he said. Both helicopters were being removed from the area.
The theme park remains open on Tuesday. The tragedy comes more than six years after four people died on a ride at nearby theme park Dreamworld.
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