Two men are fighting for life and three women were killed in a horror collision between a bus and a caravan on a major Queensland highway on Sunday. Emergency services were called to the Bruce Hwy near Gumlu, in Queensland’s Whitsundays region, just after 11am on Sunday following reports ofContinue Reading
A skydiver is fighting for his life after he crashed into a pole during a routine training jump. The 29-year-old man was taking part in a training course and was attempting a solo jump when the accident happened on Sunday afternoon at Toogoolwah north of Brisbane. Skydive Ramblers chief instructorContinue Reading
Authorities investigating the fatal helicopter crash which killed Edwin Kraft and his pet dog, Roxy, say a camera found washed up on a nearby beach is proving “invaluable”. The helicopter pilot was travelling to Wallis Island, on the NSW north coast, when his aircraft vanished about 9.20am on October 26Continue Reading
Investigators are attempting to piece together why one of the aircraft involved in a fatal mid-air collision north of Brisbane aborted a landing. A husband and wife in their sixties have been identified as the two people who died in the tragic incident above Caboolture Airfield on Friday. The pilotContinue Reading
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has stopped its investigation into the fatal light plane crash that killed a young stockman and his pregnant wife after finding the pilot was not qualified to fly. Husband and wife duo Rhiley and Maree Kuhrt were killed when their Piper Cherokee single-engine light aircraftContinue Reading
Tributes are flowing for a self-described “bush pilot” who died in a fatal light plane crash alongside his wife and their unborn daughter, with air safety investigators noting a tragic detail in the flight. Rhiley Kuhrt, 22, and his wife Maree were killed when their Piper Cherokee single-engine light aircraftContinue Reading
A “highly experienced” pilot has died after his helicopter crashed in the Northern Territory’s Victoria River region while undertaking aerial mustering operations. Police received reports at 12.20pm on Tuesday that a Robinson R22 helicopter had crashed near the West Australian border. The 65-year-old male helicopter pilot and sole occupant ofContinue Reading
One of the world’s few deep-sea capable vessels just happened to be in the area when contact was lost with a tourist submersible on Sunday. But the pipe-laying TechnipFMC Deep Energy won’t be able to rescue any survivors if they’re stuck on the bottom. The research-tourist vessel Polar Prince lostContinue Reading
Early findings into the cause of the deadly Sea World helicopter crash have been revealed, with a damning new report giving survivors and victims’ families some answers as to what went wrong. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau released details of the preliminary investigation into the cause of the crash onContinue Reading
Two people have managed to escape a Boeing 737 crash after the large air tanker crashed while battling two bushfires in Western Australia on Monday afternoon. The pilots, who were the only ones on board, remarkably managed to escape with minor injuries after the water bomber plunged in the FitzgeraldContinue Reading