Pilot killed in Sea World Helicopters mid-air crash had taken cocaine, ATSB states

Safety bureau’s interim report says drug in Ashley Jenkinson’s system unlikely to have affected his flying

A helicopter pilot among four people killed in a mid-air collision on the Gold Coast had cocaine in his system but at a level unlikely to have affected his flying, a preliminary investigation has found.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) on Tuesday released an interim report into the 2 January 2023 collision between two helicopters near Sea World on the Gold Coast.