Other reports say it was a woman - although the Alpha Tours website does not list a woman amongst its pilots - and that it was an EC130B4 Registration A6-DYR:
The helicopter that was piloted by a woman crashed during take-off in the parking lot of Atlantis hotel, Gulf News has learnt. The crew member on board sustained moderate injures.
Alpha Tours said: “We can confirm that there was an accident at noon on Wednesday involving one of our helicopters at the Palm Jumeirah. The helicopter was an EC130B4 registration A6-DYR with one pilot and one member of our ground staff on board.