Not less than 4 individuals are useless, and three others critically injured after two helicopters collided on Australia’s Gold Coast close to a Sea World theme park Monday afternoon.
In accordance with worldwide media, the crash occurred simply earlier than 2pm native time (3pm AEDT) on the Broadwater close to fashionable theme park Seaworld.
One of many helicopters managed to efficiently land however three occupants of the opposite helicopter are believed to have died. The remaining two occupants are in a important situation.
The Australian Transport Security Bureau confirmed it has commenced an investigation into the incident.
“Transport security investigators with expertise in helicopter operations, upkeep and survivability engineering are deploying from the ATSB’s Brisbane and Canberra places of work and are anticipated to start arriving on the accident website from Monday afternoon,” the ATSB mentioned in a press release.
As per worldwide media reviews, the Queensland police mentioned the crash drew emergency help from beachgoers who had been having fun with the water throughout the southern summer season. Police official Gary Worrell mentioned individuals on Jet Skis, household boaters and others rushed to assist.