Doug Drury

Stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel, injures two

A helicopter pilot crashed a stolen aircraft into a waterfront hotel, injuring two guests and prompting a mass evacuation after being airborne for just four minutes. The man died when the helicopter collided with the roof of the DoubleTree by Hilton in Cairns, Far North Queensland, at 1.50am on Monday. Nearly 400 hotel guests were evacuated, and an elderly couple…