August 30
Two British retirees living in OZ perished when their twin-engine Cessna 421 had an engine problem shortly after lift-off at the exclusive El Questro Wilderness Park in WA's Kimberley region and on return impacted the ground near the end of the departure runway

The resort reported that "the man and woman on board were aged in their 50s and believed to be from the UK and were the owners of the aircraft"

The El Questro is a million-acre property developed in 1991 as a wilderness park

"...prices for a minimum two-night stay in a single room costs around $1,000"

An ATSB spokesman has reported the Cessna twin as registered in Switzerland

August 30
A Scandinavian Airline flight from Athens to Copenhagen carrying Olympic athletes on board was forced to make an emergency landing in the Greek capital Athens shortly after take-off due to problems with the landing gear

"Among the 180 passengers on board were Danish 800m bronze medallist and world champion Wilson Kipketer as well as a number of Norwegian athletes"

The undercarriage failed to retract correctly forcing the pilot to return and hold for about an hour until until the correct landing weight was achieved for the emergency landing

August 23
In France a military jet fighter collided with an ultralight aircraft causing the ultralight to fall to the ground

The 2 on board the ultralight - a 63yo pilot and 55yo passenger - were killed - the Mirage 2000 involved made a safe emergency landing at nearby Clermont-Ferrand's airport

A second Mirage accompanying the one that struck the ultralight remained over the scene and alerted rescue officials before returning to the Istres base near Marseille

August 28
A "pilot-less" ultralight took to the sky climbed about 30 metres (100 feet) then fell back to the ground at the Gatton (south) airstrip

Local resident with crashed ultralight

The pilot from nearby Grantham was hand starting the machine by swinging the prop when it suddenly started-up and took-off

"Pilot Greg Muir was hit by a moving wing strut sustaining a suspected broken collar bone"

The pilot's brother-in-law owned the aircraft