26
Mar
Lockheed L-188A Electra – VH-TLB
A man pulled out a sawed off rifle and asked demanded to be flown to Singapore. The first officer armed himself with a fire hatchet, ca...
26
Mar
Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 – VH-TFB
The Fokker F-27 aircraft was on a regular passenger flight from Brisbane (BNE) to Mackay (MKY) via Maryborough (MBH) and Rockhampton (R...
26
Mar
de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2D – CR-TAI
The Heron took off from Darwin at 11:33 for a 1hour and 20 minutes-flight to Baucau. At 12:10 there was radio contact with a company DH...
26
Mar
Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 – VH-TFK
The starboard undercarriage collapsed after touchdown.
26
Mar
Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune – A89-308
The Neptune crashed onto the banks of the Hawkesbury River at Cornwallis, Richmond, NSW, Australia after a fire in the port engine nace...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) – A65-89
The C-47 was reportedly taken on an illegal (joy?) flight and crashed by an RAAF aircraftsman who was not a trained pilot.
26
Mar
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) – VH-EWF
At 19:12 the DC-3 took off from Sydney runway 07 for a flight to Tamworth. At a height of bout 200 feet the one of the engines backfire...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) – A65-112
The aircraft departed Canberra's runway 30 on a night-time training flight. Shortly after takeoff the no. 1 propeller oversped. Action ...
26
Mar
26
Mar
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) – VH-BZA
The aircraft departed Melbourne Airport at 01:09 hours for Cambridge Aerodrome, Tasmania, on a special freight charter flight with a cr...