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Old 7th Jul 2019, 08:57
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Desert Flower
 
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Originally Posted by Squawk7700

Last light was around 555pm if I’m not mistaken and there was reports this was at 620pm. I’m just imagining if they were running late and not equipped for NVFR on a black night (most of the time up there) waiting for runway lights to activate. Very bad situation with a terrible outcome.
Yes last light was 5.55PM. I'm not sure what time it was when I started speaking with the pilot, however I'm guessing it would have been around that time or maybe a bit after. He was flying around for a good ten minutes at least before my son who I had just handed the radio to as I turned to go back inside said oh s**t mum he's just declared a mayday. My CFS/MFS pager went off at 18.27PM with details of the incident. But the thing is the lights WERE on, as witnessed by my husband who drove part way out to the airport & also by my son who could see the beacon flash over the top of the hills.
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