Aircraft midair in south-west Sydney

[Daniel M]

Just saw on the news, breaking story, of 2 aircraft that have collided midair in Sydneys south west. No other info as of yet.

[Bernie P]

Originally Posted by Daniel M

Just saw on the news, breaking story, of 2 aircraft that have collided midair in Sydneys south west. No other info as of yet.

Information noted, but did it say where in Sydneys South West? I live out in Sydneys Sout West thats all...

Tried searching news.com.au/breakingnews but nothing there atm...

[Michael Mak]

It's at Casula.

Passengers trapped as planes collide


Two planes are believed to have collided in Sydney's west, according to NSW Ambulance.
Early reports have two people trapped and another two unconscious at the crash site near Box Road at Casula.
The aircraft are believed to have collided about 11.30am.
MORE TO COME

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...189763933.html

[Tom Lohdan]

Casula, House and 2 people trapped according to C10

A police spokesman said the plane crashed in the backyard of a house on Flame Tree Street.
Police were aware of initial reports saying a second plane was involved in the incident but could not confirm that at the time, he said.

[Chris W]

info i have is 4 pax on board crashed aircraft. other a/c only just made it back to ysbk

[Nigel C]

For those that don't know, Casula is right near the 2RN radio mast, which is an inbound reporting point for Bankstown Airport. It can be one very busy bit of airspace.

[Pavitar Singh]

A/C involved were a 152 and a Liberty. Casula as said is 2RN (inboard reporting point for BK).

[Rich W]

Took a screen shot from WebTrack at 11:23:51 AM.

The plane on top disappears soon after this screenshot. The plane below continues on and lands at Bankstown

The house is on Box Road, Casula.

[Ian H.]

Looking at Webtrack it seems the crashed aircraft hit the other one from behind and on the port side. They were both at close to 1500' tracking for 2RN. This is very sad.

Ian H.

[Greg McDonald]

From NEWS.COM.AU:

Two people are dead after two planes collided over Sydney's south-west, authorities say.

One plane landed safely but the other plane slammed into a house and burst into flames.

There were people inside the Casula house at the time of the crash but they "were safely evacuated and are being assessed by paramedics at the scene", Ambulance Service of NSW spokeswoman Fiona Cook said.

The plane that hit the house burst into flames, killing two people on board.

"The plane (that hit the house) is on fire," NSW Fire Brigades Superintendent Craig Brierley said, adding that firefighters were at the scene.

A man who witnessed the accident said the plane destroyed the rear of the home on Box Road.

"I was going along the M5 and I've just seen this thing coming down ... the tail was hanging off the back and it's crashed into the back of a house up near Box Road and it's absolutely demolished the back of their house," the man told Fairfax Radio Network.

The second plane, which was also believed to be carrying two people, made its way to Bankstown Airport for an emergency landing, Ms Cook said.

"Reports are it landed safely," she said.

"I believe there were two occupants of that aircraft who are both being assessed."

It was unclear what types of planes were involved.

A Bankstown Airport spokeswoman said the airport was closed for a short time after the second plane landed safely.

She could not say how many people were in the plane or whether any were injured, but said emergency authorities were looking after the male pilot.

"All I can say is he was attended to by ambulance officers and interviewed by police and that's a routine procedure after something like this," she said.

"The airport was closed for a short time to invoke our emergency response plans and the airport is operational at this time."