C152 was from Basair, with a student and instructor on board - both women.

Kent

Does any one know names of the people on board, I know a female instructor that works for Basair thats all!!!

Nathan,
My suggestion is contact the person you know, if they cannot be reached then call the authorities(Liverpool police would be my first choice)
It would not be appropriate for anyone on this forum to release suchinformation if they knew it.

Regards.

The Liberty which got back safely to Bankstown was VH-XLY and the C152 was VH-FMG

was very sad news when i heard about it , i fly at basair had actually flown the Cessna 152 VH-FMG a few times at bankstown.

Is there anything that can be done to improve current air safety procedures or accidents like this likely to continue to happen?

This explains the helicopters hovering over the M5/M7 junction area when I was on my way to Campbelltown around midday today.

My condolences to those involved and anyone affected. Never good to hear something like this. The news reports did a decent job I think though they had to interview some rather misinformed residents for their concerns about the situation.

I was in the circuit behind that C152 only the other week at Bankstown.

It serves to remind us how dangerous flying can be - even though events like this are rare in the scheme of things.

Dan

The names of the victims have been announced.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...189804477.html

You make it sound like this sort of thing happens all the time.:confused:

There have been 3 mid-airs in the last 9 years that I can recall in the Sydney area; one just North east of Hoxton Park in about 99-00 (Tomahawk into a house, unsure of other aircraft), one in the Bankstown circuit area near Milperra about 3 or 4 years ago (Tobago and Warrior? Happy to be corrected) and then this one. Oh, and there was one case of a Pitts Special landing on another aircraft that was lined up at Hoxton Park within this time too.

Admittedly, this is still too high to be acceptable, but all 4 incidents were at different locations in different circumstances.

Similarities with Vic incident?
 

Reports suggest that one plane ran into the back of the other, which sounds similar to the incident in Vic earlier this year when a trainee on solo ran into the back of another aircraft.

Perhaps there's a case for some kind of mini TCAS for light aircraft?

There's an ATSB media briefing this morning at the crash site so perhaps we'll learn a little more then.