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The pilot and two passengers were killed when their Morgan Cougar aircraft, registered VH-LDV, crashed into a paddock in Victoria’s Gippsland region on 16 November 2024.
Round 11 of the Remote Airstrip Upgrade (RAU) Program will offer investments of between $5,000 and $4 million from a total pool of $25 million.
The crew of the Cessna 404 Titan, VH-LAD, chose to fly back to Emerald Airport 200km away when they detected the fumes in the cabin on 11 April 2024, which caused symptoms including headaches, dizziness and nausea.
The Cessna 150, VH-EYU, appeared to stall and collided with the ground shortly after take-off from Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome at Parwan in Melbourne’s North West at around 11:20am, killing its male pilot. The plane was registered to Bacchus Marsh Aero Club.
The police force will lease a Pilatus PC-24 and upgrade its existing PC-12 fleet, with the twin-engine PC-24 expected to halve the current travel time from Perth to towns such as Kununurra while being able to land on unsealed outback airstrips.
The ATSB’s investigation into the landing, which took place in May, concluded a lack of fuel onboard and an “unbalanced flight” led to an engine failure that sparked the incident.
