ABC News Online
Posted: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:04 AEST
Six confirmed dead after Hamilton Island plane crash
Six people are confirmed dead, after a light plane crashed in the Whitsundays in Queensland.
The single engine Piper Cherokee Six plane took off from Hamilton Island just after 5:00pm AEST.
Peter Gibson, from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, says the plane crashed into a quarry at the end of the island's runway.
Police and air safety authorities are travelling to the scene.