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Old 21st Oct 2002, 09:51
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another whitsundays incident

From the ABC site:

"Aviation firm involved in another Whitsundays mishap

A north Queensland aviation company involved in a fatal plane crash on Hamilton Island last month has had another mishap in the Whitsundays.

Six people died when a single-engine island commuter plane, owned by Heli-Aust Tourism, crashed on take-off on Hamilton Island.

Alan Stray from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says an investigation is underway into a second incident, in which a seaplane hit the mast of a yacht in Chance Bay on Whitsunday Island on Saturday.

Heli-Aust managing director Alan Sweeney says the seaplane hit the mast after the aircraft was buffeted by a strong wind gust."

The ABC also had video footage of the incident.

Does anyone know who owns Heli-Aust?
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