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Greg Hyde 3rd October 2018 03:57 PM

Missing C208 Caravan
 
From ASN

A Cessna 208 apparently crashed into the Pacific Ocean, at 120 km east of Sendai, Japan. The sole Norwegian pilot was missing. The plane took off from Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA at ca. 07:00 Japan Standard Time (JST) for an international flight to New Chitose, Japan with estimated flight time of 9 hours. Though the position report at 10:23 JST was normally established, the next report planed at 11:44 JST was not received by the Japanese ATC.

https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=20180927-1

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles...0m/0dm/090000c

The aircraft is reportedly VH reg.

MarkR 4th October 2018 09:29 AM

Vh- FAY is the rego.

Brenden S 5th October 2018 12:01 AM

Used to fly out of Jandakot.

Greg Hyde 5th October 2018 11:41 AM

The ATSB is involved

Collision with water involving Cessna 208B, VH-FAY, 185 km NE of Tokyo, Japan, on 27 September 2018

AO-2018-065


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