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Four
dead and several injured after two helicopters collide on Australia’s Gold
Coast
By Pierre Meilhan and Jessie Yeung, CNN
Updated 2:52 AM EST, Mon January 2, 2023
An aerial view of the helicopter crash that took
place on Australia's Gold Coast on January 2.
Courtesy Nine News Australia
CNN —
A midair
collision between two helicopters in Australia has left four people dead and
three others in critical condition, authorities said Monday.
The
collision happened around 2 p.m. local time near the popular tourist strip of
Main Beach on the Gold Coast, south of Brisbane.
“Those two
aircraft, when collided, have crash landed on the sand bank just out from Sea
World Resort,” Queensland Police Inspector Gary Worrell, a regional duty
officer for the southeastern region, told reporters.
He added it
had been difficult for emergency services to access the sand bank, located not
far from the coast.
Thirteen people
were on the two helicopters, according to Jayney Shearman, from the Queensland
Ambulance Service (QAS). Of those, four people died, three suffered serious
injuries and six had minor injuries, including cuts from shattered glass.
An aerial view of the site where two helicopters
collided midair in the Gold Coast on January 2.
Courtesy Nine News Australia
All the injured had been taken to hospital, she said.
Photos from
the site show debris lying on a strip of sand, with personnel gathered on land
and numerous vessels in the surrounding waters.
Worrell said
that though it’s too early to determine the exact cause of the accident,
initial inquiries suggests one helicopter had been taking off and the other
landing when they collided.
One
helicopter “has its windscreen removed, and it’s landed safely on the island.
The other (helicopter) has crashed, and it was upside down,” he said.
He added
that after the crash, nearby police and members of the public rushed to the
site, trying to remove and perform first aid on those inside the helicopter.
Debris of a helicopter that crashed near the Main
Beach in Gold Coast, Australia, on January 2.
Courtesy Nine News Australia
Angus
Mitchell, Chief Commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB),
said in a statement that an investigation had been launched into the collision.
Investigators
from the ATSB’s offices in Brisbane and Canberra will be deployed to the scene
to gather evidence, examine the wreckage and map the site, as well as interview
witnesses and involved parties, Mitchell added.
He asked
people who witnessed the collision or saw the helicopters in flight to contact
investigators. A preliminary report will come in the next six to eight weeks,
with a final report after the investigation is complete, he said.
In a
statement posted on Twitter, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk expressed
her “deepest sympathies” for the victims’ families and everybody affected.
“What has happened on the Gold Coast today is an unthinkable tragedy,” she
said.
Police say
Sea World Drive has been closed to traffic and urged motorists and pedestrians
to avoid the area.
Date: | 02-JAN-2023 |
Time: | c. 14:00 |
Type: | Eurocopter EC 130B4 |
Owner/operator: | Sea World Helicopters Pty Ltd |
Registration: | VH-XKQ |
C/n / msn: | 4639 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Sea World Marine Park, Main Beach, QLD - Australia |
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Sea World Marine Park, Main Beach, QLD |
Sea World Marine Park, Main Beach, QLD | |
Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two Eurocopter EC 130B4 helicopters of Sea World Helicopters suffered a mid-air collision near Southport, Queensland, Australia.
One of the helicopters (likely VH-XH9) was approaching the Seaworld Heliport when it struck the main rotor blades of a departing helicopter (likely VH-XKQ).
VH-XHQ fell onto a sand bank and VH-XH9 made an emergency landing on the same sand bank with severe damage to the front.
Date: | 02-JAN-2023 |
Time: | c. 14:00 |
Type: | Eurocopter EC 130B4 |
Owner/operator: | Sea World Helicopters Pty Ltd |
Registration: | VH-XH9 |
C/n / msn: | 3845 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Sea World Marine Park, Main Beach, QLD - Australia |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Seaworld Heliport, QLD (YSWD) | |
Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two Eurocopter EC 130B4 helicopters of Sea World Helicopters suffered a mid-air collision near Southport, Queensland, Australia.
One of the helicopters (likely VH-XH9) was approaching the Seaworld Heliport when it struck the main rotor blades of a departing helicopter (likely VH-XKQ).
VH-XHQ fell onto a sand bank and VH-XH9 made an emergency landing on the same sand bank with severe damage to the front.
CNN has
reached out to Sea World for comment.
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