No surprise to me... my parents went for a ride in the same aircraft at the Horizontal Falls. Their report from a non-aviation perspective were that the operation was a fly-by-nighter. The aircraft literally arrived at the field, with no facilities, no steps and a baptism by fire passenger briefing. An elderly woman twisted her ankle when jumping off the floats because there was no steps. Taxxing around chasing crocodiles, eating up valuable takeoff space, flying through valleys at low level to get into some tight spots to land all sounds fun till something goes wrong! I believe the aircraft also has a questionable history. Their comments were along the lines of "so far away from CASA's eyes; out of mind."
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