Man injured in gyrocopter crash, K'Gari Is. 18-04-2025

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A gyrocopter pilot has been injured in a fiery crash-landing on the World Heritage-listed K’Gari (Fraser Island) in Queensland.

 

Witnesses were close by and watching the low-flying aircraft moments before the crash just after midday on Friday.

 

It happened near the Moon Point camping ground, 360km north of Brisbane, with the impact throwing the pilot from the aircraft.

 

The pilot, a man aged in his 50s, injured his hip, head and arm.

 

He is in a stable condition after being flown by rescue helicopter to Brisbane.

 

“(The aircraft) hit the deck maybe 50 metres from us, bounced, and then stopped another five metres, and then flames just erupted,” witness Mark Davies, from Karma Dives, told 7NEWS.

 

“As soon as I saw it, I knew it wasn’t going to end good so I just sprinted down to it.”

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