Plane wreckage located - Goulburn
Sunday 7 January 2007
Search parties have found the wreckage of a plane believed to have gone missing late yesterday in the Southern Tablelands.
The bodies of two people are on board the plane which was found shortly before 9am today.
Police and air safety investigators are being flown into bushland north east of Gunning.
An alarm was raised around 9pm yesterday after two men aged 54 and 65 failed to return to Goulburn airport in their “Stinga†ultralite.
Both men, who are believed to be experienced pilots and residents of the Goulburn area, were last seen flying over Goulburn Golf Course around 3pm yesterday.
Officers were told that the men were expected to go for a short flight but had not returned.
Inquiries into the exact circumstances leading up to the crash are continuing and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.