red750 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Two people have been injured after a plane carrying ten people, including a young child, crashed on a luxury island near the Great Barrier Reef. Two rescue helicopters and a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane have been deployed to the scene at Lizard Island, a small granite island about 1624km northwest of Brisbane, following reports of the crash around 7.30am on Monday. A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokeswoman said 10 patients were assessed by emergency services. Two were of concern but the rest only suffered minor injuries. The spokeswoman said the aircraft appeared to have overshot while navigating the island’s runway, which is less than a kilometre long. Lizard Island is serviced by Cessna Caravans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Media photographs of the incident confirm Cessna 208 Caravan . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) Sky show it as a 737 looking thing. Typical. With THEM, anything goes. Nev Edited January 8 by facthunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 The ABC has a slightly more informative news article - and it says the Cessna (yes, it really WAS a Cessna!!) flipped on takeoff "after hitting some trees". Looks to me like the pilot hit about the only trees on the island! - but they are in line with the runway! There's going to be a lot of awkward questions asked here, over the level of aircraft loading, and the settings for the control surfaces for takeoff. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-08/lizard-island-light-plane-crash/103292742 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lizard_Island_Airport.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area-51 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Now the island has "no" trees 🤷🏼♂️🤷♀️🤷🏻♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 And CH7 say it is a TWIN Engine one too! Then they had an "aviation specialist" blabbing on about "the size/length and width of the runways varies"..... Like that has anything to do with the price of eggs in China. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 While People READ it OR listen, they will keep on churning it out. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 It is sort of sad that news has reduced itself to be fear/anger/bad news mongers. Now and then they do something "cheerful" but only to cleans our palette of all the crap they dish out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I saw a video , of " engine out on take off " , with a turn back. That ' Almost made the runway . spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueadventures Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 6 minutes ago, spacesailor said: I saw a video , of " engine out on take off " , with a turn back. That ' Almost made the runway . spacesailor reporting 100m short; great effort as no option ahead as only water there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Interesting - looking at the picture - if they had ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF: The fan would stop spinning. So why are the props so bent? Ok, I'll accept windmilling, but gee they must have been turning at a great rate of knots to have them that bent. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) The PT-6A is one of the most reliable turbines around, it's highly unusual for it to fail. However, the indications are, it may have been a partial engine failure. It appears it had enough power to do a return to the airstrip from around 4000', however the landing was obviously less than successful, and with a runway overshoot on the return, it appears the pilot may have landed long. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/349706 https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2024/report/ao-2024-001 Edited January 9 by onetrack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poteroo Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Did they overshoot or undershoot? Looks to me that they flew quite a long final, which is tempting fate if you are struggling with perhaps a partial loss of power, but still flying a power on profile. I'm a born pessimist, and hangin very close so that a short final can be flown in the glide. But, they all got out, and that's the result we all strive for. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 As is often the Case WE weren't there. IF he over ran the landing, perhaps braking wasn't normal. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster88 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Probably no beta available 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Pilot Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 They've had VHS and CD's since then 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now