Outback Wrangler Matt Wright banned from flying helicopters
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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has been banned from flying helicopters after the Civil Aviation Safety Authority revoked his commercial pilot’s license and his company’s Air Operator Certificate.
Mr Wright has appealed the decision as he fights to get his driving 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 plunged to his death in February 2022 while dangling from a helicopter owned by his TV co-star Matt Wright to collect crocodile eggs.
Pilot Sebastian Robinson was seriously injured and is now parapalegic.
The crashed helicopter was owned and operated by Mr Wright and his company Helibrook.
CASA has been investigating various matters that arose as a result of the fatal accident for more than two years.
Last week, the agency told Mr Wright that his commercial pilot’s license and Helibrook’s Air Operator Certificate had been revoked. The Nocturnal Revealed.
Outback Wrangler Matt Wright banned from flying helicopters after the Civil Aviation Safety Authority revoked his commercial pilot’s license
Mr Wright has appealed the decision as he fights to get his driving license back
Under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations, CASA has the power to revoke or suspend a license if the holder has contravened the law or its regulations, or if he has failed to fulfill his duties in a manner detrimental to the safe navigation or endangers the operation of an aircraft.
A spokesperson for Wright told The Nightly: “Mr Wright has appealed the decision on his license and had informed the regulator some time ago that Helibrook would not retain an air operator certificate in the future,” his spokesperson said.
If his appeal fails, he will have to reapply for his permit, which could take up to three years.
Wright and his wife are due to appear in Darwin Local Court today over a boating accident that fractured a woman’s skull.
The boat crashed on May 10, 2023 near Sweets Lagoon in the Bynoe region of the Northern Territory, about 118km south-west of Darwin.
Adventure company Top End Safari Camp, along with Wright, and his influencer wife as directors, could be fined a total of more than $5 million over the incident after being charged by NT WorkSafe.
On the day of the crash, seventeen months ago, there were 26 tourists on two airboats, and half of those passengers were children.
One of the airboats, named Gale Force, struck a half-submerged tree with such force during the outing that the 13 passengers were all thrown from their seats.
Matt and Kaia Wright were not aboard the ship, which was piloted by an employee.
NT WorkSafe has sued Top End Safari Camp Pty Ltd for breaching the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011.