Cairns helicopter crash: Critical incident declared as emergency services rush to secure hotel rooftop

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Cairns helicopter ******: Critical incident declared as emergency services rush to secure hotel rooftop

Cairns has been rocked as a helicopter crashed into the rooftop of the DoubleTree Hotel in the early hours of the morning, throwing the city into chaos, with emergency services enacting mass evacuation plans.

Queensland Police rushed to the scene and declared a Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA), condoning off a range of streets encompassing the Esplanade, Minnie Street, Aplin Street and Grafton Street areas.

Camera IconA helicopter has crashed into a luxury hotel in Cairns. Credit: Queensland Ambulance Service

“It is quite frightening to hear, that noise of a helicopter crashing,” Queensland Ambulance Service senior operations supervisor Caitlin Denning said.

“There’s been reports it sounded like a *****, and seeing smoke and ***** from that, a lot of the occupants of the hotel were very unsure about the situation at the time.

“There is a lot of unease at the evacuation centre.”

Police ***** rescue and ambulance services arrived on the scene at around 1.50am and immediately began to piece together the incident whilst moving all persons away from the area which ******** a critical danger zone.

Queensland Ambulance confirmed via social media that a ‘helicopter has crashed into the roof of a hotel’, before adding: ‘The building was evacuated as a precaution and people on the ground sustained no injuries.’

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconA helicopter has crashed into a luxury hotel in Cairns. Credit: Queensland Ambulance Service

People occupying the hotel at the time were thrown into panic as the helicopter impacting the building has been described as sounding like a ***** exploding.

The impact of the ****** sent the two propellers from the helicopter to fly off the aircraft and onto the street below.

‘’One propeller landed on the Cairns Esplanade and the other landed in the hotel pool below,’’ Ms Denning said.

‘’Between 300 and 400 people have been evacuated to a hotel nearby and we are treating two patients who are stable at the moment.’’

Members of the public have been advised to avoid the area while police continue investigating the incident.

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