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Darwin Plane Crash
from ntnews.com.au
Apparently an EMB120 on a training flight Quote:
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Metro or EMB120? There's reference to both in your post.
What was the weather like at the time?
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Yeh the report mentions a metro, but has apparently been confirmed as an AirNorth EMB120...crashed on takeoff
Latest Darwin weather DARWIN (YPDN) TAF YPDN 212217Z 2200/2306 02006KT 9999 FEW025 BECMG 2202/2204 33012KT 9999 FEW035 BECMG 2214/2216 20006KT 9999 FEW020 BECMG 2302/2304 33012KT 9999 FEW035 PROB30 TEMPO 2304/2306 14020G35KT 2000 THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN BKN010 SCT020CB RMK T 27 31 32 30 Q 1009 1008 1006 1006 TTF METAR YPDN 220230Z 34008KT 9999 FEW028 SCT400 31/23 Q1008 RMK RF00.0/000.0 NOSIG METAR YPDN 220230Z 34008KT 9999 FEW028 SCT400 31/23 Q1008 RMK RF00.0/000.0 |
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Definitely an Embraer Brasilia. Looks like VH-ANB....
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The NT News says it was 2 pilots on a training excercise.........
I am told it was VH-ANB. TWO pilots were killed when a plane crashed at Darwin's airport this morning. A witness told the Northern Territory News he saw the 30-seater Airnorth Embraer plough into trees at the Darwin RAAF base about 10.15am. He said he watched as the plane flew over the airstrip and into bush near the RAAF golf course on Bagot Rd. "We just heard this loud bang and then looked and saw the plane explode." Police assistant commissioner Mark Payne said the pilots were on a training flight and crashed shortly after take off from the main runway at Darwin airport, which is used by domestic and international flights. Mr Payne said the two people killed were believed to be experienced pilots who were undergoing routine ongoing training at the time of the crash. "Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families,'' he said. A huge plume of smoke could be seen for several kilometres after the plane crashed. "Most people in Darwin would have been able to see it,'' Mr Payne said. He said the cause of the accident was unknown. Police, St John Ambulance and firefighters sealed off the crash site. St John Ambulance spokesman Michael McKay said paramedics had been unable to get in to the smouldering plane. "The site has been declared unsafe and the site is still smouldering," he said.
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Looks like a take-off on RWY 29 and they have come down just inside the aerodrome's western boundary.
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Just saw this on ABC website, condolences to the families
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