Aircraft Missing Central/Southern QLD
 

Had a call from a neighbour to see if I was on the ground. huh?

Heard nothing so googled:


From ABC Website:

Authorities are searching across a large part of inland Queensland for a missing plane.
Mackay's CQ Rescue Service is looking for the missing Cessna over an area from Dysart in the Central Highlands, to Roma in the southern inland.
Rescue service spokesman Phil Dowler says the plane was last heard from just after 3:00pm (AEST) yesterday.
It is not known how many people were on board or where the plane was heading.

C210 apparently

Was chatting to him on the ground and observed him depart shortly afterwards.
They were asking on centre this morning if anyone had seen him.

No flight note? no SAR, no plan.....no can find :sad:

Hopefully they find some folk camped under a wing in the bush......:uhoh:

Apparently he's now been found 100km north of Roma & the news is all bad.

Someone tell me it's not NCG.

News keeps saying Roma man. NCG is still based at YGLA as far as I know.

RIP
 

Pilot found dead after plane from Roma fails to land at Dysart

• by: Rikki-Lee Arnold
• From: The Courier-Mail
• December 08, 2011 4:47PM

ONE man has been killed when a light aircraft crashed in southwest Queensland.

The light Cessna went missing Wednesday afternoon after taking off from Roma around 2.50pm, en route to Dysart.
The small aircraft was located about 3.10 this afternoon by AMSA's Rescue team, almost 100km north of Roma.
Only one man, the pilot, was on board and search crews have confirmed he was killed.
Three helicopters and a plane had scoured an area between Roma and Dysart since 8am.
Queensland Police are now at the scene as investigations continue.

Yes NCG has some gear.

One news website now has the pilot's name shown. Was flying to mine work at Dysart.

was he private or working for a company?

rip

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