Emergency services are travelling to South Australia’s far north after reports of a light plane crash. South Australia Police were called following reports a light plane crashed at 9.30am on Thursday. It’s understood the light plane crashed into a paddock near Mulgathing, about 260km southwest of Coober Pedy and aboutContinue Reading
A pilot has walked away unharmed after his light plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Western Sydney. Emergency services, including three ambulance crews, were called to Bankstown Airport shortly before 2pm on Sunday. NSW Ambulance said there were no injuries, and no one needed further transport. PoliceContinue Reading
Two people have been rescued after a light plane crashed at Lake Macquarie on the NSW coast. The gyrocopter plane – a small rotor copter– attempted to take off at Marmong Point when it overturned, almost 500 metres offshore, just before 10.30am on Wednesday. Two people on board the submergedContinue Reading
A man has died days after a horror light plane crash that saw him trapped in the aircraft for nearly half an hour. Emergency crews were called after reports a privately-owned aircraft had crashed near the Bunbury Airport, 170km south of Perth, about 2.45pm on Friday. WA Police confirmed theContinue Reading
A pilot is feared dead after a light plane crashed in Sydney’s southwest. Emergency services were called to Brownlow Hill Loop Rd in Brownlow Hill near Camden about 3pm on Wednesday following reports a Cessna plane from a nearby flying school had crashed. A NSW Police spokesperson said they believeContinue Reading
A NSW man and his newly engaged fiancee have been killed in a light plane crash off the coast of California. Armidale pilot Lochie Ferrier and his partner Cassidy Petit died when a small plane plummeted into the waters near Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, about 7pm localContinue Reading
An American Airlines passenger says she was horrified when a fellow traveller vomited all over her bags – but what she really couldn’t stomach was the airline’s blasé response. Nicole Schreib was travelling the second leg of a trip from Buffalo, New York to Miami, Florida on November 30 whenContinue Reading
Two people have died following a light plane crash in northern NSW. Emergency services were called to a rural property in Lilydale, about 25km west of Grafton, about 8.50am on Tuesday after receiving reports that a plane had crashed into powerlines. Police, NSW Ambulance paramedics, Fire and Rescue NSW andContinue Reading
An investigation into a plane crash at a popular Perth beach with a mother and child onboard has found the pilot failed to avoid “fuel starvation”. Pilot Michelle Yeates and her 15-year-old son were onboard the Piper PA-28 light aircraft when it was forced to ditch in waters off LeightonContinue Reading
A large-scale search has located debris from a plane crash in Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay on Sunday afternoon. Numerous water and air craft were seen scouring an area off the Mornington Peninsula after a light aircraft plunged into the bay about 1.45pm. It’s understood two light aircraft collided mid-air, withContinue Reading