Originally Posted by
Dora-9
The helicopter pilot witness is being quoted around Caboolture as seeing the aircraft in straight and level flight shedding pieces. The cloud base in the area (and here I'm quoting a friend who was there) was around 1000 to 1200 feet which, one would hope, would rule out aerobatics.
I possess the weather camera images from the time and the weather conditions did deteriorate at Caboolture from around 9am to what you have suggested. Prior to this, it was quite suitable for aerobatics or similar.