Overview

• Prosecutors say Wright tried to stymie the post‑crash probe to stop authorities uncovering routine under‑recording of helicopter hours and falsified paperwork to avoid the 2,200‑hour overhaul.
• Jurors heard covert recordings the Crown says show Wright checking the Hobbs meter at the crash scene, later contradicting his statutory statement about fuel levels, and discussing hours that overran the limit.
• Wright is accused of asking pilot Sebastian Robinson to falsify flight records and urging a friend to destroy the helicopter’s maintenance release, which the Crown frames as premeditated efforts to hide evidence.
• The defence mounted a sweeping credibility attack on Robinson, but the Crown said cocaine‑use claims and a fuel‑exhaustion theory do not bear on the obstruction charges and are unsupported by medical and gauge evidence.
• Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice, the charges do not allege he caused the crash, he did not testify, and the judge signalled deliberations could run into the weekend.