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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Crash Lander
Date: Sep 14, 2008 20:16

Was due to land at about lunchtime, and nobody thought about looking for it
until 6:30pm?
Crash Lander
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"GB" threefiddy.com> wrote in message
news:00dd7ce2$0$20302$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>A Cessna 206 is missing, according to this morning's Sydney
> Morning Herald:
>
>
> Sydney plane disappears into thin air
>
> Georgina Robinson
> September 15, 2008 - 6:16AM
> Advertisement
>
> An aerial search has been launched for a single-engine aircraft with
> three people on board that failed to arrive in Brisbane on a flight
> from Sydney yesterday.
>
> A worried relative contacted Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR)
> about 6.30pm last night when the Cessna 206 did not land in Archerfield,
> in Brisbane's south.
>
> The plane, with a pilot and two passengers on board, had taken off from
> Bankstown yesterday morning and was due to land at Archerfield about
> lunchtime yesterday, an AusSAR spokeswoman said.
>
> Its last known location was Scone, south of Tamworth, where the aircraft
> stopped to refuel mid-morning.
>
> No contact has been made since.
>
> AusSAR has sent a helicopter and fixed wing aircraft up this morning to
> search between Scone and Archerfield, a spokeswoman said.
>
> Authorities hoped to send at least four more aircraft up later today, she
> said.
>
> Anyone who may have seen or heard the light aircraft should contact
> AusSAR on 1800 815 257.
>
>
> <http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/plane-disappears-into-thin-air/2008/09/15/1221330684966...>
>
>
> GB
> --
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> if you love Jesus". When someone honks, he gives them the finger.
>
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