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 APRIL 3  2013


 Posted 3:48 PM 3/04/2013 
 NEW BEECH BARON NOSE-WHEEL COLLAPSE ON LANDING AT TOOWOOMBA 

Two people have escaped injury after the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron they were in had the nose-wheel fold on landing at Toowoomba

Emergency crews were called at 10.24am to reports of an aircraft having trouble "...The nose gear would not lock into place" - the G58 was 2-months old

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 APRIL 2  2013


 Posted 7:18 AM 2/04/2013 
 CESSNA C210 MISSING IN THE NT WITH FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD 

A search is under way in the NT to try and locate a Cessna 210 after it failed to arrive at it's destination on private airstrip 30km south of Darwin after a flight from Bullo River Station in the East Kimberley region about 800km south-west of Darwin

The Cessna was last heard from when north of Wadeye about 300km south-west of Darwin by the pilot of a second aircraft that was flying in company with the 210 - "The weather in the area is not good so we haven't been able to get a helicopter in"

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 Posted 6:29 PM 2/04/2013 
 DECEASED PASSENGER FOUND WASHED UP ON BEACH NEAR CAPE FORD 

"Police can confirm the body of a female has been located during the search for a missing light aircraft"

"On board were a 45-year-old man with his 53-year-old wife and their children aged 12 and 15"

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 APRIL 1  2013


 Posted 6:14 AM 1/04/2013 
 NEW DATA RECORD FOR MARCH 2013 IN AIRCENTRE SITE STATISTICS 
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