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Track5milefinal
29th Jan 2016, 01:30
A number of people are believed to have died in a plane crash at Barwon Heads on Friday.
Emergency services are on the scene after a plane crashed into the water near Bridge Road at 1.30pm.
A police spokesperson said that it was believed "a number of people" had died in the crash.
"The cause of the incident is not yet known and we will provide further details once they come to hand," a spokesperson said in a statement.
Read more: Several people dead after Barwon Heads plane crash (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/several-people-dead-after-barwon-heads-plane-crash-20160129-gmgvmn.html#ixzz3yb31qM5D)
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havick
29th Jan 2016, 01:49
Hopefully not a jump plane?
Xatrix
29th Jan 2016, 01:53
Hopefully not a jump plane?
Been OVC006 in RA all day down here so you'd hope not
Ejector
29th Jan 2016, 02:12
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ2rVvqUcAADZoH.jpg
Track5milefinal
29th Jan 2016, 02:24
http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/g/x/p/f/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gmgvmn.png/1454037164929.jpg
http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/g/y/e/p/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gmgvmn.png/1454037164846.jpg
Squawk7700
29th Jan 2016, 02:33
HEMS5 is on it's way back now to the city at 300 ft.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc75/hems.jpg
Track5milefinal
29th Jan 2016, 02:44
3 confirmed deceased :(
Homesick-Angel
29th Jan 2016, 03:26
If what I've heard they were doing is confirmed, this can't be considered an accident. More like a probability. I hope what I was told is wrong.
junior.VH-LFA
29th Jan 2016, 03:32
Hard to fathom that anyone would be flying VFR in that... God I'd hope not.
Homesick-Angel
29th Jan 2016, 03:36
I'm not saying here due to the media trolls. Are you one?
But for the record and feel free to print this..
I believe the gyroscope got stuck in the pitot tube and precession caused the latitude nut to spill into the empennage.
Sbaker
29th Jan 2016, 03:40
Apparently was a six seater, looking for a fourth person..
there was a witness within 1km in a boat that witnessed it (apparently)
R.I.P
No I'm not a troll, I actually hold a frozen ATPL...(missed by 100hrs) f'ing Part 61. That should be enough proof for you.
BTW that's an interesting place to put a gyro!!! Must be a small one.
YouKnow.Whatever
29th Jan 2016, 03:58
Where did you acquire a Frozen ATPL? I can't find that category of licence under part 61 or the previous business model.
uncle8
29th Jan 2016, 04:01
Hard to fathom that anyone would be flying VFR in that... God I'd hope not.
Have a look at Flightradar24 from 1.00pm He wasn't the only one around.
old industry speak for having passed all the ATPL subjects but not having the required hours to be given a full ATPL
papakurapilot
29th Jan 2016, 04:03
Really, we are going to argue about this when people have died. GROW UP!
Squawk7700
29th Jan 2016, 04:04
You haven't been around long if you haven't heard of a frozen ATPL ! :ugh:
Toluene Diisocyanate
29th Jan 2016, 04:06
So, you hold a PPL or CPL with passes in ATPL theory?
There is no such thing as a "frozen ATPL" in Australia (except on a few training websites flogging the idea).
It might be 'old industry speak' in the USA, but has no meaning here :)
FFS this is why I very rarely come on here anymore. If you don't know what a frozen ATPL is I'm not going to waste time on you.
YouKnow.Whatever
29th Jan 2016, 04:15
I actually hold a frozen ATPL
old industry speak
So which is it? Or is it *actually* like holding your d*** in your hand?
Charlie Foxtrot India
29th Jan 2016, 04:16
No such thing as a frozen ATPL, before or since Part 61 in Australia except in the minds of some marketing people or as a form of slang.
It certainly doesn't give the poster any credibility on a forum like this and that and the personal abuse to other posters gets him some time out.
If someone would like to restart the thread please go ahead.