Mystery of the Cairns helicopter crash at DoubleTree Hilton deepens - as shadowy CCTV footage emerges of figure who 'stole' chopper DO YOU KNOW MORE? Email tips@dailymail.com READ MORE: Moment fireball rockets into the sky after helicopter crashes into the top of Hilton hotel in Australia By Candace Sutton for Daily Mail Australia and Aap Published: 01:57 EDT, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 02:11 EDT, 12 August 2024 e-mail View comments The identity of the helicopter pilot who crashed into the roof of a luxury Cairns hotel remains a mystery, with one of the only clues so far shadowy CCTV footage of a pilot stealing the chopper from the airport. Emergency services rushed to the scene after the twin-engine chopper hit the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel before 2am on Monday.
Queensland Police have confirmed the pilot - the helicopter's sole occupant - died at the scene. Two hotel guests, an 83-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman, were taken to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition. Nautilus Aviation, the company that owned the helicopter, confirmed that it had not authorised the helicopter's use, which was understood to have been taken from its hangar at Cairns Airport.
'Nautilus Aviation are working closely with Queensland Police, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and other authorities as they investigate the unauthorised use of one of our helicopters in the early hours of this morning,' it said in a statement to Daily Mail Australia. Nautilus Aviation chief executive Aaron Finn s.