Cessna missing off Byron
 

Lifesaver 365
Aerorescue 328
Mcdermott 2 x 365 & as355


no idea where they are looking area some hundreds of kilometres long

I'm not an expert on navigating the on-line tracking, so I checked Ozrunways.

The blue line is what Lifesav plotted into OZRunways.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc75/lifesav.jpg

Very sad..

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

Word is they have located debris.

Where was the aircraft flying to? Sounds very odd that they have cancelled the search so soon, based on so called expert advice.

i wouldn't call the waters off Byorn as being particularly cold, and fisherman have lasted longer in waters of colder temps.

Quite poor wx condition, wind, swell, whitecaps. Even large WaterPolice vessels struggling.

12+ hrs I suggest not survivable. Reports aircraft hired from Lismore

read that about the conditions, makes sense i guess. but also, some very sad circumstances involved as well.

I suspect they know a little more than we do.
Wait until the evidence is real eased and we can discuss further.:(

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.

Thought I read one report stating that the pilot was an airline pilot, may have been incorrect as I can find the link.

The local papers have him as a Comm pilot from Lennox Head, a name was mentioned but cannot now find it, so possibly withdrawn.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

No Cookies | Gold Coast Bulletin

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.:ugh:

"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.”

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?

What's pretty obvious Jabawocky?

The S word that seems to have such a stigma surrounding it.

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.

Gee.... I wonder why!!