The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the ocean off WA's Pilbara coast has been recovered.
The chopper had been carrying two pilots when it ditched into the ocean about 30km off Port Hedland on Wednesday night as it approached a bulk carrier.
The men, employees of Aviator Group subsidiary Mackay Helicopters, were on their way to pick up another marine pilot, who witnessed the crash.
The body of 44-year-old Brett Gallard, a trainee pilot who was flying the chopper, was found on Saturday.
A second pilot who was on board, 64, was rescued from a life raft shortly after the crash.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman Craig Condon told reporters last week the helicopter became inverted once it hit the water.
The man who survived followed his underwater escape training, activating an emergency beacon and setting off four flares after freeing himself.
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