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Pilot killed in helicopter crash on roof of Cairns hotel was on 'unauthorised flight' – video

Queensland police acting assistant commissioner Shane Holmes says police are still trying to confirm the identity of the person flying the helicopter and it is unclear whether they had a pilot's licence. When asked if the police were treating the helicopter as stolen, Holmes said, 'it was an unauthorised flight'. Two guests at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s, were taken to Cairns hospital in a stable condition

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