00:00First up in the witness box today, the man first to the scene of the tragic helicopter
00:07crash which killed father of two, Chris Willow Wilson.
00:13Pilot Michael Burbage was flying one of three helicopters involved in the Crocodile Egg
00:17collecting mission on February 28, 2022.
00:21He told the court he went looking for Chris Wilson and Seb Robinson after he hadn't heard
00:26from them, discovering the grim scene a short time later.
00:29Mr Burbage said he waited for an hour before help arrived and he couldn't remember whether
00:34he checked the crash chopper's fuel tank.
00:37Apparently I did, but I have no recollection.
00:40I was pretty cooked by then.
00:42The jury was played a covertly recorded phone conversation between Mr Burbage and Mr Wright.
00:48In the recording, Mr Burbage could be heard saying someone had written something in the
00:52logbook and telling Mr Wright he needed to have a look at them.
00:56Impressed by Prosecutor Jason Galacci about what the conversation was about, Mr Burbage
01:02denied being worried the logbooks could be used as evidence of an under-recording of the
01:07crashed chopper's flying hours.
01:09What you were concerned about is if the authorities got it, it's going to reveal that Mr Wright
01:14had been under-recording hours.
01:17No, that wasn't my concern.
01:19My concern was just that I'd heard this and I wanted Matt to check it out.
01:23Nothing more.
01:24Mr Burbage confirmed he did dispose of Chris Wilson's mobile phone, but told the court Matt
01:30Wright had nothing to do with it.
01:32I piffed it somewhere on my way home.
01:34I don't know where, mate.
01:36Matt Wright did not hand me the phone.
01:38I did it all on my own.
01:39Another two men involved in the egg collecting mission gave evidence this afternoon,
01:44Ty Richardson and Timothy Luck.
01:46Mr Luck told the court he was 100% certain he saw the chopper carrying Chris Wilson and
01:52Sebastian Robinson being filled with fuel just a short time before it went down.
01:57The court is yet to hear from the pilot who survived the crash, Sebastian Robinson,
02:02who is expected to give evidence when the trial resumes next week.
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