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 OCTOBER 29  2012


 Posted 3:06 PM 29/10/2012 
 FATAL C-172 LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR BAGSHOT IN VICTORIA 

Victorian Police have advised of a light aircraft crash in which at least one person has died when a Cessna C172 hit power-lines on approach to land at a private airstrip at Bagshot north of Bendigo

"The single engine aircraft with three men on board left Coldstream this morning and was preparing to land at a private air strip ..it hit a power line before it crashed and burst into flames"


ATSB REPORT
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 OCTOBER 27  2012


 Posted 12:42 PM 27/10/2012 
 QLD POLICE ISSUE WARRANT FOR KILLER OF MIKE DAVIES OF LANCAIR KITS 

After 10-years of investigations Queensland Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of the person they believe was the trigger man that killed Mike Davies back in 2002

"Mike's Avtex company - now liquidated - supplied more than 70 Lancair kits to OZ home-builders from the Ballina factory that operated in the late '80's to the mid '90's"


PREVIOUS NEWS DESK REPORT IN 2002
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 OCTOBER 24  2012


 Posted 10:28 AM 24/10/2012 
 QANTAS PASSENGER JET IN HEAVY LANDING AT NIFTY MINE AIRSTRIP IN WA 

A Qantas operated Fokker F-28 charter jet has experienced a hard landing after apparently encountering wind sheer on landing at Nifty Aerodrome in West OZ


"Photographs taken underneath the jet show dents and one of the wheels seemingly forced into the undercarriage"

Qantas purchased Network Aviation last year for $30 million - the incident occurred three days ago at the Nifty copper mine in the Great Sandy Desert


"There were 26 fly-in - fly-out workers aboard"

There were no reported injuries


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