Any Events West of Brisbane 0800 GMT?
This is a total long shot...
Just after 1800 local (about 0800 GMT) my seven year old son and three of his friends dashed in yelling at me to "come and see the crashing plane". They are convinced they saw a passenger jet descending with flames behind one engine.
By the time I got outside there was no plane to be seen, flames or otherwise (there was about 70% cloud cover east of us and they described the plane as flying west to east).
I'd discount this entirely but my lad (who is very well travelled for a seven year old) is pretty detailed in his description of "a two engine passenger jet with a red tail like Qantas". We're about 120km due west of Brisbane International (Toowoomba) so seeing a plane of any size low enough to make out the tail colour is pretty unusual.
My theory is just normal exhaust possibly making a contrail, illuminated by the low sun but I'm on instructions from the kids to ask if any plane had some form of engine trouble in the right area and time period.
Thanks to all for your patience with an SLF query.