Two killed in light plane crash

Two men have been killed when the plane they were travelling in crashed in central Queensland early yesterday morning. Queensland police say the ultralight plane, a Zenith Zodiac CH 601 HD, crashed just before 7am Sunday at a property on Round Hill Road at Captain Creek, west of Agnes Water. The 60-year-old pilot and his 71-year-old passenger died at the scene. It is understood the plane, which was owned by the pilot, had just taken off and gone a short distance when the pilot tried to land it again. It was then that the plane reportedly clipped a tree and crashed. Police and emergency services attended the crash site on Sunday morning and were speaking to the men’s families, while Forensic Crash Unit officers were preparing a report for the coroner.

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