A flight instructor died, and a teen student was critically injured after an out-of-control helicopter crashed into a parked car in Australia.

The crash occurred on Birch Street in Bankstown around 1:30 p.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 3, the New South Wales Police Force said in a news release .

Inside the Robinson R22 helicopter was an instructor and a 19-year-old student pilot, according to The Sydney Morning Herald and 7 News Australia . The young man was reportedly at the controls when the crash occurred.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the piston-engine helicopter was “conducting a training flight” at the time of the crash, the Herald reported .

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