Investigation: AO-2011-033 - Missing aircraft - Aero Commander 500S, VH-WZU, near Horn Island, Queensland, 24 February 2011
After evaluating preliminary information, the ATSB will send two investigators from Brisbane to Cairns to collect further information.
Cape York air crash mystery: 15 missing minutes- Local Cairns News | cairns.com.au
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"The experienced pilot was believed to have been flying on a regular "cray run" to pick up and deliver a cargo of fresh crayfish for export to Asia.
He was flying an Aero Commander twin-engine light plane registered to Flightech Pty Ltd, a Cairns company run by members of the Lippmann family who previously owned the now defunct Aero-Tropics Air Services, the company at the centre of the Lockhart River disaster that killed 15 in 2005.
Ten rescue helicopters and eight fixed-wing aircraft scoured sites between Cape York and Moa Island from 5am yesterday, with particular focus around the Horn Island area.Extra teams of emergency service volunteers and police boats also joined the search by combing through thick rainforest and mangroves."
Summary - We hope for a miracle