Overview

• Justice Elizabeth Raper ruled that the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) must remain a defendant in Danielle Wilson's lawsuit over her husband's helicopter crash death.
• The court also ordered CASA to pay Wilson's legal costs for the interlocutory hearing, rejecting the regulator's argument that the case was untenable.
• Chris 'Willow' Wilson died in February 2022 while suspended from a helicopter collecting crocodile eggs for the Netflix series 'Outback Wrangler.'
• The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's report attributed the crash to fuel exhaustion and operational breaches, including the pilot's failure to refuel and traces of cocaine in his system.
• Danielle Wilson alleges CASA failed in its oversight responsibilities by approving high-risk activities without proper surveillance of operator Helibrook's compliance.