Four lives shattered in a January 2023 Sea World helicopter crash near the Gold Coast, as two choppers collided—one taking off, the other landing—killing pilot Ashley Jenkinson and British tourists Ronald and Diane Hughes, plus New South Wales resident Vanessa Tadros. In the inquest’s final hearings, grieving families recounted the devastating loss of what was meant to be a holiday, while experts echoed the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s findings: a faulty antenna, questionable maintenance, and possible pilot impairment from cocaine use two nights prior all contributed to a tragic collision in a notoriously risky airspace. Coroner Carol Lee now prepares her report, with final submissions due by October before she delivers her official verdict on what went wrong.
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