Matt Wright on trial for obstruction of justice over Arnhem crash

A paraplegic helicopter pilot testified in the Northern Territory Supreme Court that reality TV figure Matt Wright visited him in hospital after a fatal crash and pressed him to alter flight records, including transferring hours between aircraft and deleting data from his phone. The testimony comes as Wright, 45, stands trial on three counts of attempting to offender the course of justice in relation to the investigation into the February 2022 crash that killed Wright’s colleague and friend, Chris “Willow” Wilson, during a crocodile egg-collection mission in Arnhem Land. The pilot, Sebastian Robinson, told the court he was heavily sedated and in poor condition during Wright’s hospital visits and recalled being shown documents and asked to consider moving hours from the crashed helicopter to a different machine.

Robinson described the first hospital visit, on March 11, when he was in a private room and his body was wired with tubes. He said Wright, accompanied by his wife, Kaia, presented a bundle of documents and asked whether he would consider transferring egg-collection hours from the crashed helicopter’s log to his own aircraft, ZXZ, which Robinson said was not equipped for...