Cessna missing off Byron
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I'm not an expert on navigating the on-line tracking, so I checked Ozrunways.
The blue line is what Lifesav plotted into OZRunways.
The blue line is what Lifesav plotted into OZRunways.
Oh really; I've never heard of this kind of outcome before. They usually search until the very end. Surely an issue in Bass Strait but wouldn't have thought so that far up north.
Search for missing plane near Byron Bay
MISSING LISMORE PLANE: Pilot could not have survived | Northern Star
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has ended its search for a missing plane off Byron Bay.
Expert medical advice concluded that the pilot could not have survived beyond midday as a result of water temperature and sea conditions and the search was handed over to New South Wales Police Marine Area Command.
Expert medical advice concluded that the pilot could not have survived beyond midday as a result of water temperature and sea conditions and the search was handed over to New South Wales Police Marine Area Command.
The pilot on board a light plane missing from Lismore could not have survived, according to rescue crews searching for the aircraft.
12+ hrs I suggest not survivable. Reports aircraft hired from Lismore
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If it is not a complete idiot I will be brave enough to suggest something that if it were a firearm the anti's would be falling over themselves………read between the lines.
Happy to be wrong. But it is a bit weird.
Happy to be wrong. But it is a bit weird.
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The local papers have him as a Comm pilot from Lennox Head, a name was mentioned but cannot now find it, so possibly withdrawn. As so often happens, the bush telegraph has been running hot and the likely cause becomes common knowledge, even if the authorities are unable to comment yet. Sad business for all concerned.
Edit. Farcebook post from the local rag - https://web.facebook.com/14886510180...type=3&theater
Edit. Farcebook post from the local rag - https://web.facebook.com/14886510180...type=3&theater
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Gee thanks Richard Woodward, I can imagine Bill Kiernan is going to be awfully charmed at the implication that his aircraft was old and poorly maintained.
"Flight Test Society of Australia president Richard Woodward said if even if wreckage was discovered at sea, it would be difficult for the Transport Safety Bureau to pin down the exact cause of the tragedy.“In an old aeroplane you couldn’t discount structural failure if the thing has been poorly maintained or had an accident,” he said.
“It could actually break up in flight.
“The debris in that case would be scattered over a wide area.
“The aeroplane would come down in bits.
“They would look at whether the aircraft broke up in flight, whether the engine was running when it hit the water.
“When you find the wreckage that’s reasonably easy to do.
“(But) you’d be very lucky to find out what went wrong.”
Gee thanks Richard Woodward, I can imagine Bill Kiernan is going to be awfully charmed at the implication that his aircraft was old and poorly maintained.
"Flight Test Society of Australia president Richard Woodward said if even if wreckage was discovered at sea, it would be difficult for the Transport Safety Bureau to pin down the exact cause of the tragedy.“In an old aeroplane you couldn’t discount structural failure if the thing has been poorly maintained or had an accident,” he said.
“It could actually break up in flight.
“The debris in that case would be scattered over a wide area.
“The aeroplane would come down in bits.
“They would look at whether the aircraft broke up in flight, whether the engine was running when it hit the water.
“When you find the wreckage that’s reasonably easy to do.
“(But) you’d be very lucky to find out what went wrong.”
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Pretty obvious what happened. Very sad. 
Are we going to ban aeroplanes now, or focus on some better support services to help minimise these things?
Are we going to ban aeroplanes now, or focus on some better support services to help minimise these things?
Very sad.
There are many support services for airline pilots. Through unions, the company or even your peers.
Sometimes no matter how much support you have available, it's just not enough.
I hope they find him.
There are many support services for airline pilots. Through unions, the company or even your peers.
Sometimes no matter how much support you have available, it's just not enough.
I hope they find him.