QLD Police were advised around 1545hrs yesterday (Monday) that two male occupants of as yet unidentified ultralight aircraft failed to return from their flight before their designated search-and-rescue time of 1530hrs


"The aircraft left Bundaberg around 1330hrs and was expected to travel to Burrum River before returning via Childers and Gin Gin"


Police co-ordinated an aerial search with a helicopter until last-light and will resume at first-light to-day

QLD Police have advised that the overdue aircraft has been found in a cane paddock near the Fairymead Sugar Mill in North Bundaberg


The AGL Rescue Helicopter located the ultralight flying machine shortly after first-light


The two men on board - a 71-year-old Coral Cove man and a 57-year-old South Gladstone man - were found to be deceased

The News Desk has been following the drama associated with the multi-million dollar private airport under construction at Laguna Resort in the Whitsundays and its close proximity to the nearby Proserpine 'Public' Airport


A conflict arose with the positioning of the new airport and the one already established at Proserpine (which is only around 8-n.miles away with a published instrument approach) and the CASA regulations that state "..siting is not to be within 10nm of an instrument approach of a licensed aerodrome"


The developer has tried various methods to overcome the issue - like buying Proserpine airport and that failed after a court ruling - all actions to date have been unsuccessful