Overview

• CareFlight engineer Zac Chellingworth testified crocodile farmer Mick Burns told him Matt Wright had taken Sebastian Robinson’s pilot logbook and given it to pilot Jock Purcell, after which Chellingworth retrieved it and mailed it back.
• The jury heard earlier accounts that associate Tim Johnson visited Robinson in hospital seeking his phone and a diary or logbook, which the family either refused to hand over or later had returned.
• Prosecutors allege Wright asked Robinson during a hospital visit 11 days after the crash to transfer flight hours from the crashed helicopter to Robinson’s own aircraft.
• Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice, with the charges confined to alleged conduct after the 2022 crash.
• The Crown argues the alleged interference sought to conceal routine disconnection of Hobbs meters and falsified paperwork across Wright’s operations.