A helicopter has crashed into a hotel in Australia, killing the pilot.
The helicopter crashed into the roof of the Hilton Doubletree hotel in Cairns, a city on the north-eastern coast, shortly before 2am local time.The pilot was the only person inside the helicopter.Two hotel guests - a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s - were injured in the crash.Videos shared online show a large fire breaking out. The hotel was evacuated.
"Police put up a safety perimeter around the hotel. Two of the helicopter's propellers came off, with one falling into the hotel pool.One person described the scenes as "absolute madness"They added: "Boy that was going fast the helicopter... a red helicopter... it went past twice."It was just going out of control that thing was.
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