A student pilot is in hospital after his helicopter crashed into the roof of a Melbourne home, shocking local residents.
The Hughes 269C smashed into the Mentone home in the city’s southeast at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday during a routine training course.
The man sustained injuries to his lower body and has been taken to The Alfred Hospital for further assessment.
He was trapped for about an hour before emergency services used a crane to free him from the wreckage.
No one was in the home at the time of the crash, with shaken neighbours reporting a loud bang when the aircraft hit the roof….