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
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
The pilot of a light aircraft has been killed in a crash in New South Wales’ far west, after reportedly hitting power lines and bursting into flames. Emergency services were called to a rural property at Tilpa, about 191km southwest of Bourke and 917km northwest of Sydney, about 12.10pm Monday.Continue Reading
A pilot has walked away after a frightening emergency landing ended with him hanging upside down in the cockpit. Emergency services rushed to Essendon Airport just after 4pm on Wednesday after the light plane crashed. Emergency services arrived at the scene to find the Cessna 172 Skyhawk plane flipped onContinue Reading
Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a plane came crashing into the water during a hair-raising emergency landing with a mother and son on board. Michelle Yeats was flying back to Perth with her 15-year-old son Jake after viewing the solar eclipse in Western Australia’s north on Thursday whenContinue Reading
A student pilot has recounted the terrifying moments before his light plane “fell from the sky” during his second ever flying lesson. Jake Elven had been practising taking off and landing at The Oaks Airfield west of Sydney on Thursday when the engine failed while he and his instructor wereContinue Reading
A pilot has been rushed to hospital after he was trapped inside the wreckage of his light plane crash on Friday afternoon. The man was the pilot of a single-engine, four-seater aircraft which came down at around 3.40pm at Sydney’s Bankstown Airport. He suffered arm, chest, leg and spinal injuriesContinue Reading
Police are appealing for information after a plane went missing in the Northern Territory on Christmas Eve. The single engine aircraft, which was carrying one passenger and the pilot, departed Gove at about 8.30am on Saturday. It was due to land in Katherine at about 10.30am the same day, butContinue Reading
It’s been revealed that a takeoff issue was the cause of a horrific crash that killed three members of a Queensland family earlier this month. On December 3, a light plane flown by Christian Kath, 42, crashed over the Gulf of Mexico while carrying his wife, Misty Kath, 43, andContinue Reading
Heartbreaking new details have emerged after an Australian family was killed in a plane crash in the US, including the reason their only surviving daughter wasn’t on the flight with them. Queensland man, Christian Kath, 42, his wife Misty, 43, and their 12-year-old daughter Lily were flying over the GulfContinue Reading