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Safety authority grilled over pilot drug testing gaps

A senior aviation safety official has been grilled over the lack of routine drug tests for joy flight pilots amid a probe into four deaths near Sea World.

AAP · Jul 20

'Gross, negligent': drugs blamed for chopper tragedy

The head of a joy flight provider has alleged that a pilot was under the influence of drugs when he was killed in a tragic helicopter collision.

AAP · Jul 12

Sea World crash survivors prepare for injury lawsuits

A teenage boy who lost his mother and a leg in a helicopter collision at Sea World has gone to court to maintain his chance to sue the theme park.

AAP · Dec 18, 2025

Ground worker blamed herself for horror chopper crash

A young staff member with no prior experience was tasked with looking out for hazards before a fatal mid-air collision outside Sea World, a coroner has heard.

AAP · Nov 25, 2025

Chopper crash inquest to look at pilot's cocaine use

An inquest into a fatal mid-air helicopter collision will look at a number of issues including a pilot's cocaine use before the crash, the coroner has heard.

AAP · May 26, 2025

Sea World helicopter crash report reveals the ‘significant’ safety failings that caused deadly midair collision

British couple Ron and Diane Hughes were among four people killed when two helicopters collided on Australia’s Gold Coast

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025

Safety protocols failed before deadly Sea World crash

A catastrophic mid-air collision between two helicopters was "entirely preventable", investigators say, as victims of the crash seek compensation.

AAP · Apr 8, 2025

Sea World chopper crash: 'low level' cocaine found in pilot's system

'This was a tragic accident.'

Newcastle Herald · Jan 2, 2024

CASA review of Sea World helicopter crash airspace 'inappropriate', 'window dressing', say aviation experts

CASA is reviewing the airspace where two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast, killing four people. But an aviation industry consultant says they may be "preparing themselves" for the outcome of a wider ATSB investigation due next year.

ABC News · Jun 2, 2023

Mum weeps as fine doubled for stealing pilot's identity

A woman who used a dead Sea World helicopter pilot's identity to get out of a traffic ticket has broken down at her sentencing in a Queensland court.

AAP · May 18, 2023