Originally Posted by
logansi
Doesn't sound like it. The passenger on the aircraft that returned was a current Qantas Captain and ex RAAF pilot according to reports.
I think (rumour) she might have been the instructor onboard the second jet. Althpugh strange if so the ATC mayday call sounded to be a male voice whom has not been identified yet.
Qantas pilot Joanne Mein was on board the fighter jet that landed at Essendon Airport following the tragedy.
Her recollection of what unfolded in the air before Mr Gale’s and Mr Rose’s plane plunged into the water will be central to the police investigation under way as authorities search for the bodies of the two men.
It is not yet clear whether Ms Mein was flying the plane that returned to the airport.