The jury in the trial of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright today heard evidence from Sebastian Robinson. 

Mr Robinson was the pilot in the fatal 2022 chopper crash, which killed Mr Wright's close friend and co-star Chris Wilson. 

Here's what  jurors heard:

• Mr Robinson was the head of airworthiness and aircraft maintenance control at Mr Wright's company Helibrook, but said Mr Wright "controlled all aspects" of his aircrafts' maintenance scheduling
• He said young men working for Mr Wright idolised him and would follow his directions to not properly record flight hours
• He said he also "sometimes" broke flight recording rules while working for Helibrook, and that the practice was common at other companies
• He admitted to occasional drug use but denied ever flying while intoxicated
• He said he has no memory of the crash but accepted he must have "intentionally" released Mr Wilson

Jurors were also shown a photo Mr Wilson took inside the aircraft on the day of the crash, which Mr Robinson says shows the aircraft's fuel tank was around three-quarters full.

Mr Robinson will continue his evidence tomorrow. 

The jurors have been given an early minute, with Acting Justice Alan Blow to hear submissions from the lawyers in their absence for the rest of the day.

That's all for our live coverage today and I'll be back with you 10am ACST tomorrow, when pilot Sebastian Robinson will continue his evidence.

Sebastian Robinson says he accepts he must have "intentionally disconnected" Chris Wilson from his helicopter before he fell to his death in February 2022.

Crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC asked Mr Robinson how the sling Mr Wilson was hanging from on the day of the crash would have been attached to the aircraft.

"For the purpose of egg collection, there's two hooks installed underneath the aircraft," Mr Robinson said.

"The sling goes up and connects to both hooks, so if one hook releases, the sling will still be attached, but if the second hook is released, the sling will then release."

Mr Wilson said even though he had no memory of it, he accepted that he "must have intentionally disconnected Chris Wilson" and that he then fell from a height of 25 metres.

"If you were slinging someone underneath your helicopter and you're the pilot, and the helicopter got into some sort of trouble, what is the first thing that you would try and do?" Mr Gullaci asked.

"I'd try to put the collector on the ground or to the safest place possible that I could before releasing and then dealing with issues with the aircraft," Mr Robinson replied.

Mr Robinson said if the pilot did not release the slung person in the event of a "complete engine failure", it would be "catastrophic".

"You're going straight down on top of them," he said.

"If you hadn't have released Mr Wilson and the helicopter went to the ground, what could happen to Mr Wilson?" Mr Gullaci asked.

"He would have got raked all through the vegetation and it would have been severely worse than what happened," Mr Robinson replied.

The courtroom is now taking an afternoon break.

We'll be back with you in about 20 minutes.

Sebastian Robinson says prior to switching to mostly piloting helicopters during crocodile egg collecting trips, he had been slung beneath the aircraft "hundreds of times".

He says the work was inherently risky.

"You're going into a hostile environment where a crocodile is, you're underneath an aircraft, there's terrain, weather," he said.

Mr Robinson says it was dangerous work and he accepted the risks that came with it.

"When you are the pilot and someone is slung under your helicopter, as the pilot, whose safety is the first priority?" Crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC asked.

"The person in the harness underneath," Mr Robinson replied.

"Why is that?"

"Because they're the ones that are in the most danger."

Crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC is taking pilot Sebastian Robinson through some maps of Noonamah from where the helicopters left, to their first destination of Mount Borradaile, followed by the crash site.

Mr Gullaci says the group of helicopters left Noonamah at 7.03am and arrived at Mount Borradaile between 8.16am and 8.30am.

After referring to the Facebook post Mr Robinson previously said Chris Wilson had shown him, Mr Gullaci says there was an "in flight photo" taken at 7.43am at a location on the map.

Mr Gullaci then showed Mr Robinson a series of Facebook messages containing a photo sent to the group chat by Mr Wilson on the day of the crash.

"Can you see the fuel gauges present in this photograph Mr Robinson? What do each of the fuel gauges show on this photograph in terms of how full each of the tanks were?" Mr Gullaci asked.

"They are between three quarters and completely full but around the three quarter mark," Mr Robinson replied.

"Would that helicopter have had sufficient fuel to get to the accident site, directly?"

"Very much so."

The jury has been excused temporarily and we'll be back with more evidence shortly.

Helicopter pilot Sebastian Robinson says he's never crashed or run out of fuel in an aircraft prior to the accident in February, 2022.

Crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC asked Mr Robinson what would happen if an R44 helicopter like the one he was flying on that day ran low on fuel.

"The R44's got a loaded fuel system in it so with approximately 18 litres left in the tank, a light in the console at the top of the dash will illuminate very brightly," he said.

"That that will mean that you've got approximately 18 litres, which is 18 minutes, of fuel left."

Mr Robinson said he did not believe the light had ever previously come on while he was flying.

"What would be the first thing that you would do if that light came on?" Mr Gullaci asked.

"Oh you'd land immediately," Mr Robinson replied.

"Why?"

"Because you don't want to run out of fuel while you're in the air."

Pilot Sebastian Robinson has admitted to occasional drug use and lying to authorities after the crash that killed Chris "Willow" Wilson but says he's not "a raging cocaine junkie".

Mr Robinson says he was "panicking" after regaining consciousness following the crash when he lied to investigators about doctoring flight records.

"I was scared of potential repercussions, I guess, potentially being blamed and you know, my pilot's licence being affected," he said.

Mr Robinson said he had used cocaine "maybe a couple of times a year" in the five years before the accident in February, 2022, but denied ever flying while intoxicated.

"Can you remember if you used cocaine ... in the day or days before the crash?" Crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC asked.

"I have no recollection of the weeks prior," Mr Robinson replied.

"Were you a raging cocaine junkie, Mr Robinson?"

"Not at all."

Mr Robinson said he had limited memories from the day of the crash, including "getting some things ready" at Noonamah, but "it's all really a bit fuzzy".

"I don't really have much memory," he said.

"I remember sitting in a helicopter with Willow and then some sort of social media post arose that he was looking at on Facebook.

"We were having a bit of a laugh about it and then yeah, my memory sort of cuts off from there."

While court is on a lunch break, here's an overview of the charges.

Matt Wright has been charged with three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The charges relate to alleged events in the hours, days and months following a fatal helicopter crash in remote West Arnhem Land which killed Mr Wright's close mate and Netflix co-star, Chris "Willow" Wilson.

Crown prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC has told jurors the cause of the chopper accident is not the subject of Matt Wright's charges.

Instead, each of the charges allege Mr Wright tried to interfere with or obstruct ongoing investigations into the crash.

1. Charge one relates to allegations Mr Wright lied in a police interview about checking the fuel tanks at the scene of the helicopter crash on February 28, 2022. The evidence includes covertly-recorded conversations in which Mr Wright allegedly contradicts his statement about the level of fuel in the tank.
2. Charge two is tied to alleged incidents between March 3 and 13 in 2022. Among those, Mr Wright is accused of visiting crash survivor Sebastian Robinson in hospital and pressuring him to doctor flight log documents, to hide the true amount of hours the crashed chopper had flown.
3. Charge three relates to conversations prosecutors say Mr Wright had between September 21 and 25, including a midnight conversation with an associate in which he's allegedly directed him to burn a helicopter maintenance document.

For more background on the case, check out our weekend read here.