With 'hindsight' admittedly.....
But.....Here's an airport virtually 'surrounded' by the Barron River.... Ad Elev 6 ft or so........
There was plenty of warning given of the approach of the cyclone, so why did not the various operators / owners fly out to a 'safer' location, well S of the footprint?
Somewhere 'inland' perhaps?
Charters Towers sounds nice.....Elev 950ft Plus, ..or a weekend in 'Rocky'......
What a waste of some 'good' aircraft.
(Or maybe......?)