Daniel M
22nd March 2010, 12:33 PM
from ntnews.com.au
Apparently an EMB120 on a training flight
Two dead in Darwin plane crash
March 22nd, 2010
TWO people are believe to have been killed when a plane crashed at Darwin's airport this morning.
A witness told the NT News he saw the 18-seater plane crash at the Darwin RAAF base about 10.15am.
He said he watched as the plane flew over the airstrip and into trees near the RAAF golf course on Bagot Rd.
"We just heard this loud bang and then looked and saw the plane explode," one witness said.
Police, St John Ambulance and firefighters have been called to the scene but it is understood the two people on board the light plane were dead before emergency crews arrived.
Defence said it was a civilian plane, not a RAAF aircraft.
St John Ambulance spokesman Michael McKay said paramedics had been unable to get in to the smouldering plane.
"The site has been declared unsafe and the site is still smouldering," he said.
It is believed the plane was an 18-seater metro liner that had been coming from a Territory mine site.
The pilot and one passenger were the only people on board the plane.
Apparently an EMB120 on a training flight
Two dead in Darwin plane crash
March 22nd, 2010
TWO people are believe to have been killed when a plane crashed at Darwin's airport this morning.
A witness told the NT News he saw the 18-seater plane crash at the Darwin RAAF base about 10.15am.
He said he watched as the plane flew over the airstrip and into trees near the RAAF golf course on Bagot Rd.
"We just heard this loud bang and then looked and saw the plane explode," one witness said.
Police, St John Ambulance and firefighters have been called to the scene but it is understood the two people on board the light plane were dead before emergency crews arrived.
Defence said it was a civilian plane, not a RAAF aircraft.
St John Ambulance spokesman Michael McKay said paramedics had been unable to get in to the smouldering plane.
"The site has been declared unsafe and the site is still smouldering," he said.
It is believed the plane was an 18-seater metro liner that had been coming from a Territory mine site.
The pilot and one passenger were the only people on board the plane.