Saturday 4 November 2023

Light plane crashes near Cloncurry in outback Queensland

                                   BREAKING NEWS


Emergency services are responding to reports of a light plane crash in McKinlay after an aircraft carrying several people went down in Queensland’s northwest.

Flight records show the aircraft, a Rockwell 695, left Toowoomba (TWB) just before 11am from runway 11 and was due to land in Mount Isa about 3pm when it vanished from the radar between Cloncurry and Mount Isa.

Queensland Ambulance and police were called by a local community member just after 2.30pm.


Aircraft Information:
Owner / Operator: AGAIR
Aircraft: Rockwell 695A
Registration: VH-HPY
Serial Number: 96051
First Flew: January 1982
Age: 41

*UPDATE*
Three people have been confirmed deceased. 

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