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Investigation into Cairns helicopter crash over no fly zone

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A pilot in Far North Queensland has died after taking an unauthorised helicopter flight that crashed into a hotel in Cairns, the twin-engine helicopter crashing onto the roof of the hotel sparking a fire.
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