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This frame grab taken from video footage provided by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on August 12, 2024, via AFPTV shows a piece of the helicopter lying on a roadside after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Cairns on August 12, 2024, killing the pilot and igniting a blaze on the building's roof.
A piece of the helicopter on a roadside in Cairns.

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  • A helicopter crashed into a hotel in Cairns, Australia, killing the pilot.
  • The flight was unauthorized, and the helicopter was reportedly stolen.
  • Two people were asleep in the hotel room impacted by the collision, the ATSB chief commissioner said.

A person has died after a helicopter crashed into a hotel in Australia on Monday.

Nautilus Aviation, the aircraft's owner, said in a statement that the flight, in the northeastern city of Cairns, was "unauthorized."

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A stolen helicopter crashed into a hotel in Australia, killing the pilot and so…