Blake Wilson died when helicopter on ‘unauthorised flight’ struck roof of DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in August

A pilot who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed into a Cairns hotel was “affected by a significant amount of alcohol” at the time, the country’s air safety investigator has found.

An investigation was launched after the helicopter’s “unauthorised” flight from a far north Queensland airport hangar in the early hours of the morning ended in a fiery explosion in Cairns’ no-fly zone CBD in August.

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