Horror as helicopter crashes into top of Hilton hotel sparking huge fireball & mass evacuation
THE wannabe pilot who allegedly stole a helicopter and fatally crashed it into a Hilton had been at a boozy leaving drinks party before his death.The New Zealander began his allegedly unauthorised four-minute trip shortly after 1.45am on Monday when he took off from the Nautilus hangar at Cairns Airport.
Mr Wilson joined Nautilus Aviation earlier in April and was just promoted to a refueller position on Horn Island, which is above Australia's Top End.A farewell dinner was thrown for him by Nautilus colleagues on Sunday night, a few hours before he took out on his tragic journey, the The CEO of Nautilus, Aaron Finn, said the crash was "very unfortunate" and suggested that investigators were not treating it as intentional.
Around 400 guests and workers had to be evacuated from the hotel in the early hours of Monday due to the crash, leaving an inferno blazing on top of the building.
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