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3 Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Victoria.
AUSTRALIA: Three people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a paddock before catching fire in Victoria’s East Gippsland.
Emergency services were called to Hayfield-Upper Maffra Rd at Tinamba West shortly before 6pm on Saturday.
Police were told the aircraft was circling the area before it crashed and set on fire.
The pilot and two passengers, who are yet to be formally identified, died at the scene.
The three passengers were the only occupants on-board.
Five vehicles were still on scene as of 8pm according to Victoria Emergency.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
Three people died in a small plane crash in the east of the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday afternoon, Victoria Police said. Emergency services were called to reports that a small plane crashed into a paddock near Hayfield-Upper Maffra Road in Tinamba West at about 5:45 p.m. local time, police said, Xinhua news agency reported. Police were told the plane was circling the area before it crashed and set on fire. Plane Crash in Poland: Fighter Jet Crashes During Training Flight, Pilot’s Condition Unknown (Watch Video).
The pilot and two passengers, who were yet to be formally identified, died at the scene, police said. They were the only occupants onboard.
A pilot and two passengers have died after a light plane crashed into a paddock and caught alight.
Emergency services were called to the crash in Tinamba West in Victoria’s East Gippsland on Saturday afternoon.
Police were told the aircraft was circling the area before it crashed and set on fire.
The pilot and two passengers, who were the only occupants onboard and are yet to be formally identified, died at the scene.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the crash of the “amateur-built light aircraft” and is calling for witnesses or anyone with photos or video of the crash to come forward.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell said it had launched an investigation into the incident.
‘The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has commenced a transport safety investigation into an accident involving an amateur-built light aircraft at Tinamba West, Victoria, on Saturday,’ he said.
‘As reported to the ATSB, the aircraft collided with terrain in a paddock and was destroyed in a post impact fire.
‘The ATSB is deploying to the accident site a team of transport safety investigators from its Canberra office, specialising in aircraft operations and maintenance.
‘Investigators will conduct a range of evidence-gathering activities on site, including wreckage examination and recovery of any relevant aircraft components for further examination at the ATSB’s technical facilities in Canberra.
‘Investigators will also seek to interview any witnesses and collect relevant recorded information including any flight tracking data, as well as pilot and aircraft maintenance records, and weather information.
‘The ATSB anticipates publishing a preliminary report, detailing the information collected in the investigation’s early evidence gathering phase, in about six to eight weeks.’