View Single Post
  #12  
Old 4th January 2018, 01:55 PM
Greg Hyde Greg Hyde is offline
Prolific Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,428
Default

Hawkesbury River seaplane crash: Craft once used as a crop duster and had been 'destroyed'
Quote:
The seaplane that crashed in the Hawkesbury River on New Year's Eve, killing six people, has been recovered by police divers.

The main body of the 55-year-old de Haviland DHC-2 Beaver, including the engine, the front propeller and the tail, has been lifted out of the water.

The wreckage has been lowered onto a barge and it has been covered with a tarpaulin due to the sensitive nature of the operation.

All parts, including the plane's floats which were already recovered, will be taken to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau in Canberra for analysis.

Earlier it was revealed in a report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau that the craft was "destroyed" in a fatal accident 20 years ago.
Full story and video or recovery

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-0...rs-ago/9303448

Looks like the prop was not spinning on impact (engine failure)
Reply With Quote