20 seconds to disaster: very clear call that sees the fate of four people killed in tragic Sea World helicopter accidents
A two -year investigation into the deadly Sea World helicopter accident accused the accident for a radio error that prevented an important call and the limitations on the view lines to see nearby aircraft.
In January 2023, when two helicopters collided in the midst of the air in Gold Coast Broadwater, four people were killed and nine more injured.
Pilot Ashley Jenkinson, 40, British couple Ron and Diane Hughes, 65 and 57 and Sydney mother Vanessa Tadros 36, died in the accident.
Tadros’s 10 -year -old son Nicholas, 33 -year -old Victoria’s mother Winnie De Silva and nine -year -old son Leon was taken to the hospital, after the accident had serious surgeries.
The second helicopter pilot Michael James managed to descend safely their damaged planes, but he and two passengers were injured with flying glass when the windshield was shattered.
The Australian Transportation Safety Office (ATSB) issued his last report on Wednesday two years after the collision.
In the report, before the collision, a call from the helicopter was not taken by the second helicopter loading passengers as preparation for departure.
After the passengers were loaded on the aircraft, a place of crew members said the pilota airspace was open and safe to leave.
Vanessa Tadros was seriously injured in his son Nicholas and his right leg was cut (in the picture, with the helicopter ticket of the mother and son).
Two helicopters collided in the air in the Gold Coast Broadwater in January 2023 (in the picture)
Sydney mother Vanessa Tadros 36, died in the accident (in the picture)
Atsb Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell, “ However, the helicopter continued to approach the soil, the helicopter was no longer right after 20 seconds.
‘In addition, the restrictions on maneuvering on the parking pad and the closure of two helicopters limited the visibility of the upcoming pilot’s upcoming helicopter identification.’
The first helicopter waited for a call to leave the second helicopter if the conditions changed in the air or if the conditions changed, but the call never came.
In the report, the pilot called ‘Taxi’ called, but it was not published because of an error that allowed him to receive a call in the anterine but not allowed him not to deliver.
Without radio calls, none of them had enough information to find other helicopters.
In the report, “ “ Both pilots were not aware of the presence of errors in the VH-XKQ radio, which prevented the publication of a taxi call, ” he said.
‘This was a very unnecessary loss of life that should be fully prosecuted to ensure that it never happened again.’
The report also found that the SEA World helicopter’s remarkable devices were defective in warning about radio calls, hand signals and the presence of another helicopter.
A temporary report published a year after the accident revealed that a toxicology report of a toxicology report for the pilot Ashley Jenkinson, who died in the accident, had traces of cocaine (in the picture)
This meant that both pilots created a wrong understanding of the location of the other helicopter.
ATSB also found evidence that the passengers in both helicopters were incorrectly restricted, but could not determine how much it contributed to injuries and deaths.
Inspectors, helicopters were replaced a week before the accident, and new planes lack of radio communication, proactive calls, live traffic shows, and the pilots are not familiar with systems, he said.
In the report, the change in the positioning of helicopter slopes a year before the accident also contributed to the lack of ability to see the surrounding aircraft.
Shine lawyers who represent a few injured people in the accident and traumatized with what they witness are waiting for the report.
British couple Diane and Ron Hughes died in a tragic accident (depicted at their weddings)
The Australian Transportation Safety Office will deliver its last report to the accident two years after the collision on Wednesday.
“This was a completely preventive tragedy with a destructive effect on many lives,” the case expert Roger Singh said on Tuesday. He said.
Singh, Sea World helicopters against up to $ 925,000 per person against the allegations, and the publication of the report will make more transactions, he said.
“We will examine the findings of this report in order to identify other potential defendants and more damages that can be searched,” he said.
It was a long wait for the victims to see the final report of their families, but some evidence arose about what caused the accident.
A temporary report published a year after the accident revealed that a toxicology report for the pilot Ashley Jenkinson, who died in the accident, showed that there were traces of cocaine in the system.
However, the security office said that the amount in the system is no longer enough to disrupt the pilot’s skills.
A preliminary report published in March 2023 saw six passengers on the second helicopter of Mr. James, landing with five people in another helicopter.
Mr. James thought that the second helicopter would pass behind the plane and did not remember that the other pilot had been up to him.
A third helicopter pilot in the region reminded Mr James’ call, but the fourth pilot could not remember that he could not remember calling any of the helicopters before the accident.
