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Sean L
11th March 2020, 06:56 PM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/11/queensland-plane-crash-feared-dead-in

Five people on a government charter flight died when their light plane crashed trying to land near the Cape York community of Lockhart River in far north Queensland.

Queensland police confirmed the 10-seat plane had attempted to land two times at Lockhart River in wild weather about 9.30am on Wednesday, before crashing into sand dunes during its third attempt.

David Knudsen
11th March 2020, 07:45 PM
VH-OZO a 1980 build Cessna 404 from Aerohire (WA).

Greg Hyde
12th March 2020, 11:34 AM
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-017/

Terrible rain and wind