Overview
- Police say a body believed to be the 77-year-old pilot was located on Sunday following the discovery of the wreckage a day earlier.
- The helicopter departed the Gold Coast about 9am on Friday bound for Mudgee and failed to arrive, triggering a large air and ground search.
- Search efforts by SES crews, police, a rescue helicopter and VRA Rescue teams were paused overnight due to poor conditions and then resumed on Saturday.
- Wreckage was found on Saturday afternoon in dense bushland in the Tenterfield region, described by police as north of Drake.
- The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has begun its investigation and says a preliminary report is expected in about eight weeks, and authorities have not confirmed whether anyone else was on board.