News | Accident and Emergency
13 May 2025 10:51
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    The man who stole a helicopter and crashed it into a hotel in Cairns had a New Zealand pilot's licence

    The man who stole a helicopter and crashed it into a hotel in Cairns had a New Zealand pilot's licence


    The helicopter was flown unauthorised and collided into a hotel roof early Monday morning, killing the pilot.

    Helicopter tour company Nautilus Aviation says the pilot was one of its employees.

    It says the person had only begun working for it about four months ago and was not authorised to fly helicopters for the business.

    Queensland Police have named the pilot as 23-year-old Blake Wilson.

    The company says although Wilson held a New Zealand pilot's licence, they'd never flown in Australia.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Accident and Emergency News
     13 May: A patched Mongrel Mob member is due in court today charged with arson following a fire at a South Auckland funeral home
     13 May: Police are seeking witnesses and camera footage for their homicide investigation into the death of a man in central Northland
     12 May: A teenager killed in a suspected homicide was a Napier Boys' High School student
     12 May: A person's died after a crash between a truck and a van on Levin's main street this morning
     12 May: A burst water main's causing significant flooding on a street in Christchurch's east
     12 May: Two people are injured - one critically - after a two-vehicle crash that's closed State Highway One at Levin, north of Wellington
     12 May: A state of emergency on storm-hit Banks Peninsula is set to be reviewed again
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    A bold tyre strategy has paid off for Supercars driver Matt Payne after winning race three of the Tasmania Super 440 by the third-closest margin the sport's history More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    The Government's refusing to budge on an Auckland bed tax More...


     Today's News

    		 Soccer:
    Sheffield United are the first team through to the match dubbed 'the richest game in football' 10:47

     Entertainment:
    Nelly and Ashanti's new reality TV show will follow their life as newlyweds 10:37

     National:
    The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts 10:37

     Politics:
    A looming workforce crisis in NZ tourism and hospitality threatens industry growth plans 10:27

     Politics:
    Labour's once again eyeing up major changes to New Zealand's tax system 10:27

     National:
    Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million years ago 10:17

     Entertainment:
    Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are "absolutely not getting back together at this point in time" 10:07

     National:
    Trump heads to the Gulf aiming to bolster trade ties – but side talks on Tehran, Gaza could drive a wedge between US and Israel 10:07

     Living & Travel:
    Will Pope Leo XIV follow Pope Francis' lead when it comes to interfaith dialogue? 10:07

     Law and Order:
    Opening statements have begun in New York for the sex-trafficking trial of hip hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs 10:07

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd