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Outback Wrangler’s Matt Wright has been banned from flying helicopters after the Civil Aviation Safety Authority canceled his commercial pilot license and his company’s air operator certificate.
Wright has filed an appeal against the decision as he fights to get his license back.
CASA launched enforcement action against at least six pilots following the NT helicopter crash that killed Wright’s Netflix co-star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson in June.
Wilson fell to his death in February 2022 while hanging from a helicopter owned by his TV series co-star Matt Wright to collect crocodile eggs.
Pilot Sebastian Robinson was seriously injured and is now paraplegic.
The helicopter that crashed was owned and operated by Mr. Wright and his company Helibrook.
For more than two years, CASA has been investigating various issues arising from the fatal accident.
Last week, the agency told Mr. Wright that his commercial pilot license and Helibrook air operator certificate had been cancelled. The Nightly revealed.
Outback Wrangler’s Matt Wright has been banned from flying helicopters after the Civil Aviation Safety Authority canceled his commercial pilot’s license.
Wright has filed an appeal against the decision, as he fights to get his license back.
Under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations, CASA has the authority to cancel or suspend a license if the holder has violated the Act or its regulations, or has failed to fulfill his or her duties in a manner that compromises the safe navigation or operation of an aircraft. .
A spokesperson for Wright told The Nightly: “Mr Wright has lodged an appeal of the decision on his license and had informed the regulator some time ago that Helibrook would not hold an air operator certificate in the future,” his spokesperson said.
If your appeal fails, you will have to reapply for your license, which can take up to three years.
Wright and his wife will face Darwin Local Court today over a boating accident that fractured a woman’s skull.
The ship crashed near Sweets Lagoon in the Bynoe region of the Northern Territory, about 118 kilometers southwest of Darwin, on May 10, 2023.
Top End Safari Camp adventure company along with Wright, along with his influencer wife as directors could be fined more than $5 million in total for the incident, after being charged by NT WorkSafe.
On the day of the accident, 17 months ago, there were 26 tourists on two airboats and half of those passengers were children.
One of the airboats called Gale Force hit a semi-submerged tree during the excursion with such force that all 13 passengers were thrown from their seats.
Matt and Kaia Wright were not aboard the boat, which was piloted by an employee.
NT WorkSafe has accused Top End Safari Camp Pty Ltd of breaching the Health and Safety at Work (Uniform National Law) Act 2011.