Overview

• A Darwin Supreme Court jury convicted the Outback Wrangler star of attempting to pervert the course of justice by lying about fuel levels and urging the injured pilot to falsify flight records.
• Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on a third allegation concerning an order to destroy maintenance records, and were discharged on that count.
• Wright was released on bail, with the judge noting the likelihood of an appeal and reserving a question of law ahead of the sentencing hearing in October.
• Crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC described the offending as serious and said the starting point should be actual imprisonment, while the defense said it will challenge the verdicts.
• The charges relate to post‑crash conduct rather than the cause of the 2022 crash, which the Air Transport Safety Bureau found resulted from fuel exhaustion, and separate civil and potential coronial matters remain ongoing.