Originally Posted by
Antsl
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned for now is the sun position in relation to the two helicopters. Looking at the vision from inside the landing helicopter, it seems the sun is coming in from the pilots right, which would suggest the pilot taking off was flying into the sun.
I’m not a professional pilot, but my thoughts go out to everyone involved in this accident.
2pm mid summer on the Gold Coast, the sun is quite overhead and unlikely to be an issue.
Check the shortness of the shadows in photos taken at the accident scene, linked on the first couple of pages here.