C90 King-Air Lost on Take-off
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November 27
Toowoomba based Ansett affiliate, Eastland Air lost their Beech C90 King Air just after
take-off from the inner city airport at 0830hrs
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Initial media reports indicate the pilot was attempting to return to the airport after an
apparent engine problem and may have lost it in the turn back
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The 7 seat twin Pratt & Whitney powered turboprop with only 4 persons on board hit power
lines and then impacted an industrial area and burst into flames - there were no survivors
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Source: -
The Courier Mail and
Eastland Air
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November 22
A Qantas operated Boeing 767 twin-jet with 221
passengers on board lost part of it's undercarriage door on a flight between Cairns and Darwin
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Authorities are now trying to locate 2 missing fibreglass panels that fell off the
aircraft somewhere over a 2000 mile flight corridor across northern OZ
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Source: -
The Courier Mail
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Mackay Ultra-Light Fatality
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November 23
Media reports have a two seat ultra-light aircraft on a joy-flight
ending in tragedy after the aircraft impacted the side of a hill and flipped over
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The accident occurred near Seaforth, north of Mackay in Queensland, with the
passenger on board the Jabiru (?) sustaining fatal injuries and the pilot taken to hospital
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Media Source: -
The Courier Mail
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Qantas in Trouble - AGAIN
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November 27
A Qantas Boeing 767 with 204 passengers on board was forced to return to the departure
airport after an apparent engine problem
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Media reports indicate there is some damage sustained to the inside and
outside of the port engine (bird strike?)
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The captain declared a may-day after a loud bang was heard from the left engine 13nm from
the Melbourne departure; the twin jet B767 returned for a successful emergency landing back at the airport
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Media Source: - AirWise
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