<p>Sydney: A helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in the popular northern Australian tourist town of Cairns, killing the pilot and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests, authorities said on Monday.</p><p>Emergency crews were called at about 2 a.m. on Monday (1600 GMT on Sunday) after a twin-engine helicopter collided with the hotel roof, causing a fire on top of the building and triggering evacuations, Queensland state police said in a statement.</p><p>Police said forensic investigations were underway to formally identify the pilot. He was declared dead at the scene.</p>.Explained | What caused a plane to fall from the sky in Brazil?.<p>"There were no injuries sustained by people on the ground," the police statement said.</p><p>The crash occurred at Hilton's Double Tree Hotel in the city of Cairns, a major gateway to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Australian media reported.</p><p>Two of the helicopter's rotor blades came off and one landed in the hotel pool, media reports said.</p><p>The forensic crash unit will work with Australia's transport safety regulator to prepare an accident report, police said.</p>
<p>Sydney: A helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in the popular northern Australian tourist town of Cairns, killing the pilot and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests, authorities said on Monday.</p><p>Emergency crews were called at about 2 a.m. on Monday (1600 GMT on Sunday) after a twin-engine helicopter collided with the hotel roof, causing a fire on top of the building and triggering evacuations, Queensland state police said in a statement.</p><p>Police said forensic investigations were underway to formally identify the pilot. He was declared dead at the scene.</p>.Explained | What caused a plane to fall from the sky in Brazil?.<p>"There were no injuries sustained by people on the ground," the police statement said.</p><p>The crash occurred at Hilton's Double Tree Hotel in the city of Cairns, a major gateway to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Australian media reported.</p><p>Two of the helicopter's rotor blades came off and one landed in the hotel pool, media reports said.</p><p>The forensic crash unit will work with Australia's transport safety regulator to prepare an accident report, police said.</p>