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 JUNE 28  2017

 Posted 13:35 28/06/17 
 THREE KILLED IN FOG-AFFECTED ANGEL FLIGHT AT MT GAMBIER IN SOUTH OZ

 All 3-occupants of a French designed and built Socata TB10 Tobago have lost their lives after the 4-seater they were in impacted terrain under unknown circumstances just to the south of the Mount Gambier Airport in South OZ

 Quoting from Media:
“Police released a statement saying all aboard perished when the plane crashed into a paddock just south of Mount Gambier Airport"
There was thick fog around the area at the time

Pilot was 78-year-old Grant Gilbert who was on an Angel Flight mission with a 16-year-old female student and her 43-year-old mother

Police described the weather in Mount Gambier at the time of the accident as “foggy and cold and wet”

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 NEWS-DESK REPORT ON FATAL ANGEL FLIGHT IN 2011
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 JUNE 21  2017

 Posted 11:40 21/06/17 
 TRAINEE GYROCOPTER PILOT SURVIVES HEAVY LANDING CRASH AT ILLAWARRA

 A trainee gyrocopter pilot aged in his 30's has walked away from the wreck of the rotary-wing aircraft he was flying after landing excessively heavy during a solo flying training exercise at Illawarra airport in NSW

 Quoting from Media:
“...the pilot was 'undertaking training' using runway 34 when it landed heavily and crashed on runway 16 threshold" - "The aircraft suffered substantial damage..."

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