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Date & Time
7 May 2005 at 1145LT
Crew on board
2
Type of Aircraft
Pax on board
13
Company name
Crew fatalities
2
Registration
Pax fatalities
13
Location
Lockhart River, Australia
Schedule
Bamaga - Lockhart River - Cairns
Total fatalities
15
Construction number
DC-818B
Year of manufacture
1992

On final approach to Lockhart River, the crew informed ATC that all was ok on board. Few seconds later, the aircraft crashed in a wooded area in the Iron Range mountains, 11 km short of runway 12. All occupants were killed.

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