Helicopter pilot dead after crashing into Australian hotel

British tourist Alastair Salmon was staying in the hotel, which is on the main esplanade in Cairns, and told The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) he woke up to “a colossal ear-deafening bang”.

Two of the helicopter’s rotor blades came off and landed on the esplanade and in the hotel pool, according to the ABC.

Mr Salmon, from London, said that after being evacuated he initially mistook the helicopter’s rotor blade for a lamppost.

“Then we looked up there and you could see this massive hole in the window of the building,” Mr Salmon told the ABC.

Streets around the hotel have been cordoned off and an emergency situation was declared by police.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it is sending investigators to the scene.


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