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AUGUST 4  2008


 Inquest Starts into 2004 Piper Cheyenne Accident near Benalla 


An inquest begins in Melbourne today into a fatal 2004 plane crash near Benalla in north-east Victoria - the pilot and five passengers were killed when the Piper Cheyenne aircraft they were in flew into a mountain during a let-down in IFR conditions

Air traffic controllers noticed the twin turbo-prop Piper was flying nearly 4 degrees off course and did not warn the pilot thinking he was heading to a different destination than his flight plan indicated - to view the News Desk report on the accident start HERE

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