Aero-Tropics Air Services Flight 675 · Queensland
On May 7, 2005, Aero-Tropics Air Services Flight 675 (Queensland). 15 people died.
- Date
- May 7, 2005
- Place
- Queensland
- Operator
- Aero-Tropics Air Services
- Killed
- 15
- Position
- 12.737°S, 143.218°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q14935476
From Wikipedia
On 7 May 2005, Aero-Tropics Air Services Flight 675 crashed while on approach to land at Lockhart River Airport in Queensland, Australia, on a ridge known as South Pap 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-west of the airport. All thirteen passengers and 2 crew on board died as the aircraft was completely destroyed by impact forces and subsequent fire. The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner commuter aircraft, registered VH-TFU, was owned by Transair Ltd and operated by Aero-Tropics. The flight was scheduled from Bamaga on Cape York to the regional centre of Cairns, with a stopover in Lockhart River. It was the worst air crash in Australia in 36 years since MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 on 31 December 1968. The event is sometimes known as the Lockhart River air disaster.
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