'See and Avoid': Inquest Given Crash Site Skies Insight • The Western Weekender

Onus on pilots to ‘keep head on a swivel’ in busy skies around Sea World crash site

A chief pilot has told an inquest into the 2023 helicopter crash that congested Gold Coast airspace required constant pilot vigilance and visual safety checks.

'See and avoid': inquest given crash site skies insight • The Western Weekender

The skies surrounding a theme park where a fatal mid-air helicopter crash occurred, killing a Glenmore Park mum and three others, are so busy that pilots rely mainly on a “see and avoid” approach, a coroner has heard. Three tourists and Sea World Helicopters pilot Ashley Jenkinson were killed in a mid-air collision between two helicopters near the Gold Coast theme park on January 2, 2023. Former Sea World Helicopters pilot Scott Menzies on Tuesd…

'See and avoid': inquest given crash site skies insight

Technology was critical when navigating crowded skies in a tourist hotspot but many pilots avoid collisions by "looking out the window," a coroner has heard.

‘See and avoid’: inquest given crash site skies insight

The skies surrounding a theme park where a fatal mid-air helicopter crash occurred are so busy that pilots rely mainly on a “see and avoid” approach, a coroner has heard. Three tourists and Sea World Helicopters pilot Ashley Jenkinson were killed in a mid-air collision between two helicopters near the Gold Coast theme park on January 2, 2023. Former Sea World Helicopters pilot Scott Menzies on Tuesday said the Gold Coast Broadwater was a small, …