A light aircraft has been reported missing after failing to arrive at Townsville airport after departing Alpha at 1615hrs yesterday

QLD Police report that the male pilot was the only person on board the as yet unidentified aircraft

A privately owned Piper PA-31-350 Navajo attempting to return to the departure runway at Bathurst crashed around 2030hrs yesterday killing all on board - the pilot was 51 year-old businessman and Angel Flight volunteer Timothy O'Brien - the 9-seater twin came down about 3km short of the runway

Victorian Police Force Senior Constable Erin Condon and her nine-year-old son Matthew were on board along with the pilot's girlfriend Jackie - they had departed Moorabbin in Victoria and were heading for Port Macquarie on the coast of NSW and stopped at Bathurst to re-fuel