Emergency services have been called to an aviation incident at the Esplanade in Cairns after a helicopter crashed into a hotel roof early Monday morning.
One man has suffered life-threatening injuries and hundreds of people have been evacuated and streets locked down after a helicopter crashed into a hotel roof in Cairns in the early hours of the morning.
Police were called to the scene at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel on the Esplanade in the north Queensland town about 1.50am on Monday. Debris from the helicopter, including the rotor blades, was found on the esplanade and in the hotel pool.Caitlin Denning, Queensland Ambulance senior operations supervisor in Cairns, said between 300 and 400 people were being evacuated from the Double Tree Hotel as crews were arriving.
“At the time, it was too unsafe for us to enter the hotel to view the ,” she told reporters.“One landed on the Cairns Esplanade and there was a second propeller located in the hotel pool on the bottom floor and it was on fire.”Denning said the noise generated by the impact was frightening. “There were reports of it sounding like a bomb, and seeing the fire and smoke, a lot of the occupants of the hotel were unsure of the situation.
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