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It would have significantly degraded the pilot's ability to safely operate the aircraft,' a coroner heard.ģ.00pm - British businessman Richard Cousins, four members of his family and Canadian pilot Gareth Morgan board an eight-seater seaplane at Cottage Point to return to Rose Bay.ģ.05pm - Flight starts taxiing towards Cowan Creek take-off area for the planned 35-minute flight south to Sydney.ģ.11pm - Flight lifts off the water. 'It is very likely leaked carbon monoxide entered the cabin through holes in the firewall where three bolts were missing. The pilot 44-year-old Gareth Morgan also died when they plunged into the Hawkesbury River off Jerusalem Bay, after picking the family up from an exclusive restaurant.Īn inquest heard how the 'experienced' pilot of the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver plane carrying the five Britons was left confused, disoriented and visually disturbed by poisonous carbon monoxide fumes that had leaked into the cabin. The chief executive of the world's largest contract catering company Richard Cousins, his two sons, fiancée and her 11-year-old daughter were instantly killed when a 2017 New Year's Eve sightseeing trip in Australia ended in tragedy.
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A British businessman and his family were killed in a horror Sydney seaplane crash after a poisonous exhaust leak left the pilot disorientated and confused.