(Please Subscribe!) Two Airbus Helicopter EC-130’s collide over the Gold Coast of Australia, resulting in the death of four people.
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Idiots got their heads up where the sun dont shine
I have seen all helicopter accidents since 1946 till now as I write reports about helicopters and also sadly accidents being a part of them. But I had never seen a pilot being able to land his helicopter safe and upride after the cockpit was smashed in a mid-air collision. Well done by that pilot.
Ban the things… noise noise noise
presumably both pilots messed up badly. unless they were told to fly a pattern blind and one deviated. but that seems risky
They did not take delivery of these helicopters in November living on the Gold Coast and as a lifeguard I see these helicopters constantly they have had those choppers for while
Does she have a day job, cause she bugs the shit out of me!
It amazes me that in this modern era they don't have alert warning systems on board which would have prevented this. And even the oldest helicopters can be retrofitted with these types of devices.
The theme parks there have really bad safety records, throughput and $$ are the driving factors. Got to get the customers through.
Helicopters seem like an unnecessary risk. Must be the #1 cause of early death of millionaires and billionaires
Is this lady an uncanny resemblance to the YouTuber Jenny Nicholson? Not only her accent, but her speech patterns and even her appearance (though quite a bit older).
So there was no HLO
Good video. I like your Piper jacket. Where did you get it?
God bless all the people involved and they loved ones. Unfortunately there were more people filming with their cell phones than helping. From videos I have seen they were in the way of first responders.
In an operation like this with both choppers from the same company, there must be operational flight circuit procedure for direction of take-off & landing per wind direction ie flight circuit not cut across take-off direction & communicating with each other at all times ie intentions & position, the surviving pilot in circuit was oblivious to his situational awareness ie not constantly looking for other aircraft especially since he was approaching to land for the correct direction & obviously no communication between both pilots otherwise they'd be looking for each other, in saying this if the take-off pilot communicated he had take-off & was flying to the south the other pilot would've been looking, cause of accident = no communicating & making assumptions about situational awareness!
Condolences for those that died & those with injuries!
Two pilots from the same company flying short runs from the same location & neither of them communicating with each other just defies logic. This was a crash sight looking for a timeframe!
I’m surprised that those state of the art helicopters are not equipped with TCAS system.
They are on the same path not on a in and out path ?
thank you for your video, it has sparked many comments & reply's over the actions
of the rear passenger's act & why I'm sorry I am to one who almost forgot some of these were about to suffer this great tragedy unfolding before them, my thoughts go out to those
left injured, and to the family's left behind, the Air Accident Authority will sort out why and
make recommending's so this can never happen again, My Respect to all. mic stone x
Landing site in plain view but moving behind door post and our man in the camera chopper doesnt seem to be exercising much vigilance…howbout a radio call….this really is appalling.
Sorry but the surviving pilot's lookout was very poor from the footage I saw.
He wasn't scanning the horizon left, right, up & down as a VFR pilot should do.
When I'm flying I am looking a full 90 deg either side and sometimes further.
If both pilots had poor lookout then the inevitable happened, regardless of what was said on the radio (if anything?)
If the company had clockwise or anti clockwise circuits policy depending on wind of the day, this would never have happened despite the poor lookout.
We glider pilots fly sometimes up to 15 gliders on a mountain ridge within a 5km distance but we have flight path rules to avoid collision.
We also fly with FLARM.
This gadget would have saved those lives as the collision warning gets more fierce the closer 2 aircraft get on a converging course.
It may not matter but what no one seems to state is the arriving and departing were from 2 separate helipads. The arriving one was going into the newer terminal that has 3 pads. The one taking off is from the old terminal located on a water dock about 120 metres away inside seaworld itself.
As a helipad boss one would think they would have radio the pilots. It's a standard practice to let them know your visuals. Problem also is did they have 2 helipad boss on at the 2 different terminals.
I may be incorrect but I believe they used the old pad and ticket booth to drum up customers as they were shut down during covid and the main client base was bus loads of Asians(mainly chinese) which they obviously hadn't been getting even now, so I believe they went slack on the SOPs and winged alot of things to bring in that lost revenue.
I don't understand how the departing copter could not see the arriving one, however I don't see how a helipad boss in the arring terminal did not tell them unless they did and we don't know this yet.
I had it with the FAA and pilot incompetence. I quit being a pilot while doing my last practice for my check ride. 2 incidents of planes getting closer than 200 ft to our plane in less than 1 hour. I dont need that crap. I have family to think about. So much fucking useless knowledge that I needed to study. Planes need to be piloted by Artificial Intelligence. Humans are not meant to register and process a 3d environment. Pilots with thousands of hours keep crashing and people dying. Unacceptable, at least for me.
FYI that "7 News Exclusive" footage is allegedly as good as stolen. Not by you, but by 7 news. It was provided by the passenger exclusively to the ATSB, not 7 News, & the ATSB has not released any of it's material publically. So how 7 News came to get their hands in it & then branded it as their "exclusive" footage could well be the subject of another ATSB investigation in itself. It was broadcast on the nightly news allegedly without either the ATSB's or the video owners knowledge or consent, while the latter were still recovering in hospital, & then they had the gaul to suggest that THEY would be passing it on to the ATSB for their investigation. The only thing certain after a tragedy like this is the gutter journalism that follows.
But they said drones were dangerous.
Excellent post mortem
I fly large Jumbo's much safer god bless to the pilot and passengers and all who had to witness it
Nothing to learn, and no hero's at all,..
Surely ATSB will determine root cause within weeks..
Clearly from cockpit footage, the surviving pilot was flying left seat (pilots usually fly right seat) and by chance, the other helicopter was in the airframe blind spot for the 20 seconds of flight it took for the other helicopter to take off and collide with it. The passenger tapping the pilot on the shoulder made the situation worse by distracting the pilot even further.
That said, the surviving pilot appears totally oblivious to the other Helicopter. How is this possible?
Clearly pilot (both) error as:
1. Both pilots should have known where the other helicopter was positioned.
2. Because of point 1, they should have been monitoring the distance and position of the other helicopter. No radio communication either?
3. The flight circuits should NEVER had the landing and take-off helicopters flying toward each other. The circuit should have had the landing helicopter coming in behind the one taking off and both follow a clockwise flight path.
4. Aviation law requires: ‘An aircraft in flight, or operating on the ground or water, shall give way to aircraft landing or in the final’; the helicopter taking off should have given way to the helicopter landing.
5. Both helicopters were clearly in very good mechanical condition and airworthy pre-crash.
Can see Seaworld being fined, and a civil lawsuit against surviving pilot eventually, once the media attention and emotions pass.
Tragic but completely preventable.
Let’s revisit this post once final determination is announced and see how well my comments above have aged.
3.07 to 3.09 clearly shows the second helicopter. Very effectively hidden from the pilot by the A piller.
These companies putting pressure on the pilots to get as many people in and out in these 5 or 10 minute stints, in the name of making money! Sadly, it was a disaster waiting to happen with people paying with their lives.😔
An accident waiting to happen. There was obviously no controll of the coming and going of these helicopters both from the same company. Criminal responsibility.
Somebody ( or both) wasnt paying attention.
Neighter pilot could see each other because of blind spots.
However completely avoidable with different take of and landing direktions
how did this happen? well im gonna guess they didn't see each other
Hi Christy. Thanks for taking the time to put the video together. As Aus Heli Pilot endorsed on EC130B4, AS350 and Bell 47 (another lefthand seat for PIC) please take my comments below to clarify points – not criticise.
1. Eurocopter is now Airbus Helicopers. Never been called "Eurobus".
2. EC130 has NEVER been designed or configured to anything other than LEFT seat.
3. The operational applications of a helicopter differ from a fixed-wing. The H pilot rarely lets go of the cyclic (right hand), as it often requires continuous control inputs, especially when hovering. However, the collective (left hand) which does not need to be monitored as closely and can be held steady with a friction adjustment. So, the left hand is then "occasionally" free to manipulate radios and other equipment, which are located in the centre of the cockpit. So it’s safer for the pilot to take his left hand off the collective to operate the radios. So that's one of the reasons PIC is on the right.
4. FYI, Bell 47 is another where the PIC sits in LEFT seat. Basic equipment to use on the panel. Not difficult once it's trained and embedded. (see our channel for many videos of the PIC on left)
5. In Australia, and the standard circuit is normally a left-circuit pattern (with all turns to the left) (See: CAR 166A). Aerodromes that have right-hand circuit requirements are listed in the ERSA.
5. Last SeaWorld incident was in 1991 from a medical incident. So long history of ops incident-free.
6. Thanks for stating "won't know for sure what happened until ATSB have concluded their investigation". Until then, a reminder to some so called “aviation experts”, is that in aviation safety investigation its never to apportion blame but as Christy stated is to 'learn and prevent' so here is the ICAO Annex 13 (Manual of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation) approach;
1) Analysis will be based on the facts and the evidence, not opinion.
2) Conclusions will be objective, non-emotional and without bias.
3) Outcomes will not be predetermined, and
4) All conclusions shall be supported by factual evidence.
PS: have flown with Ash Jenko on numerous times. Very experienced pilot, instructor and mentor to me and many.
As an Australian and a Queenslander, I’m absolutely devastated by this tragic accident.. It is believed that helicopter that was going into land did not see the helicopter that had taken off didn’t see each other due to a blind spot..
RIP to those 4 people who lost their lives..
Vanessa was a close friend of mine and her son nicky is still fighting for his life, pray for him please. Vanessa rest in peace Beautiful, you were the most kind and pure hearted woman i have ever met. You are with the Lord now, ill be praying for your son and he when he gets out Jesus willing ill be there for him and for your husband Simon.
The beaches are never “packed full”…. There’s always PLENTY of room
I don’t know much about helicopter operations, heck, I didn’t know their “standard pattern” is to the right hand side.
I’m mainly fly fixed wing, though this is a very different operation, I still want to know what is the cause(s) as any lesson is a good lesson for both helicopters and fixed wing pilots.
RIP to everyone who lost their lives
Are drones legal to fly down under ?
I live on the Gold Coast
we live in Surfers Paradise on Chevron Island and this was a real shock to the community