Two missing after plane crash
From the Adelaide Advertiser braking news.
A POLICE rescue team is searching for two missing men believed injured in a light plane crash in northwest New South Wales.
Police say about 4.30pm (AEDT) yesterday, a truck driver received a distress call from the pilot of a light plane on his UHF radio.
They believe the two-seater Cessna, due to arrive at Glen Innes on Christmas Eve, has crashed in the vicinity of the Coolah Tops National Park in the Hunter Valley.
There were two people on board - a 38-year-old pilot and his 32-year-old passenger.
The pilot provided co-ordinates in the Glenn Innes area for the crash site, but a search involving local police, ambulance paramedics, the Volunteer Rescue Association and a number of helicopters failed to locate any wreckage.
A search was called off late last night because of poor light and dangerous conditions, but was resumed at first light on this morning.
Anyone with information about the location of the missing aircraft is urged to contact Muswellbrook Police on (02) 6542 6999 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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