A preliminary report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said surviving pilot, Michael James, saw passengers boarding the other helicopter as it was preparing to depart - as he returned from his flight to a helipad. He did not see it take off and believed it would pass behind him.
A pilot told investigators he did not recall hearing another on the ground announce he was taking off before their helicopters collided and crashed - killing four people, including a British couple - in Australia, according to an interim report.
Diane and Ron Hughes, aged 57 and 65, from Neston, Cheshire, as well as 36-year-old Vanessa Tadros from Sydney and the pilot of the second helicopter Ashley Jenkinson,Nine people were injured, including the 10-year-old son of Ms Tadros, who remains in hospital and last week had his right leg amputated from the knee down.
Mr James told investigators he did not recall the other pilot making a standard taxiing call to signal his intent to take off. Mr James also told investigators that as he came into land, he didn't see the other helicopter departing.The helicopters collided at a height of about 130ft - 23 seconds after the second aircraft took off.
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