1934 vintage aircraft forsvunnet

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Trist dag om "worst case scenario" har skjedd

DATE: 01.10.2012 LOCAL TIME: mid-day LOCATION: eastern Queensland COUNTRY: Australia
AIRLINE: (private) TYPE: DeHavilland DH-84 Dragon REGISTRATION: VH-UXG PHOTO C/N: 6077 AGE: 78 y
OPERATION: DNP FLIGHT No.: - FROM: Monto TO: Caboolture VIA: -
OCCUPANTS:
PAX: 5 CREW: 1
FATALITIES:
PAX: 0 CREW: 0 OTHER: 0
SURVIVORS:
PAX: 0 CREW: 0 OTHER: 0
DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: missing
0

The 1934 vintage aircraft - named "Riama" - was on a flight from the Norra-Aus Fly-In at Monto (about 180 km west of Bundaberg) to Caboolture when it failed to respond to radio calls from ATC. A coordinated search and rescue operation is underway at present.

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fant dette bilde av skjønnheten, trist om den er vekke

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Da var den funnet, dessverre med fatalt utfall:

The 1934 vintage biplane aircraft - named "Riama" - was on a flight from the Norra-Aus Fly-In at Monto (about 180 km west of Bundaberg) to Caboolture when it entered the cloudbase and was flying unintentional in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). The pilot - a 68 year old experienced veteran pilot - requested guidance from air traffic control to exit the clounds to resume visual flying conditions again. The aircraft then failed to respond to radio calls and is was declared missing. Despite a extensive aerial search operation the aircraft remained undetected for two days. On Oct. 3rd, scattered debris of the Dragon was found in a dense wooded aerea on a hillside of near Mount Kandanga, about 100 km north of Brisbane. There were no survivors. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces. The ATSB began investigations