The pilot of an Evektor Sportstar has escaped with minor injuries after the ultralight he was flying impacted terrain just short of the airport at Davenport in West OZ

"...coming in to land when it crashed just outside the airport boundary about 30 metres into the bush" - The pilot who was in his 40s was able to exit the demolished aircraft

Two Brisbane men - a 56-year-old from Margate and a 61-year-old from Scarborough - were lucky to survive after the Bell 206 helicopter they were in crashed into water and sank near Curtis island east of Gladstone in QLD around midday on Friday

The rotary-wing was on a fishing expedition when it crashed in unknown circumstances "...equipped with night vision goggles, RACQ crew were able to find the submerged wreckage at the mouth of Keppel Creek just after midnight on Sunday"

Regional Express Airlines - operator 50 SAAB 340 aircraft - had one of their 4-blade propeller assemblies sheer-off during a passenger flight from Albury to Sydney

A search for the prop-assembly is now under way "...travelling at around 6,000 feet over the Camden area south-west of Sydney when the propeller sheared off"