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Why was this man allowed to fly?
Courier Mail Kay Dibben 22 June 2013 TWO doctors involved in medically clearing a pilot to fly are being sued by the partner of a man who was killed in a joyflight plane crash off South Stradbroke...
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Crash pilot ‘shouldn’t have been in air’
Courier Mail Thomas Chamberlin 4 October 2013 A WOMAN whose partner died during a joyflight for his 35th birthday has criticised the nation’s aviation watchdog after a coroner found the pilot was not...
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Regulator knew joy pilot had seizures
The Australian Andrew Fraser 5 October 2013 THE air safety regulator has been blasted by a coroner for allowing a cowboy of the aviation industry to continue flying. Read moreFiled under: Forensic...
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Light plane crash, South Stradbroke Island
QPS News 16 December 2013 Police are currently at the scene of a light plane crash in the ocean at South Stradbroke Island. Information supplied to police suggests the plane crashed into the water...
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Plane crashes off South Stradbroke Island, two believed dead
Courier Mail Jeremy Pierce 16 December 2013 A PILOT and passenger are believed to have died in a Tiger Moth joy flight off the Gold Coast. Witnesses reported seeing the Tiger Moth ditch into the sea...
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South Stradbroke plane crash: Two feared dead after Tiger Moth crashes into sea
ABC News 16 December 2013 A pilot and passenger are feared dead after a vintage Tiger Moth plane crashed into the sea off south-east Queensland. It is believed the biplane was on a joy flight when it...
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Two feared dead after Tiger Moth crashes into sea near South Stradbroke Island
ABC News 17 December 2013 Two people are feared dead after a vintage Tiger Moth plane crashed into the sea off south-east Queensland. It is believed the pilot was taking a French tourist on a joy...
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Biplane crash search resumes off Gold Coast
ABC News Joanna Crothers, Tom Forbes 17 December 2013 Poor visibility is hampering the search for a pilot and passenger missing after a light plane crash in south-east Queensland. The Tiger Moth...
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Update Light plane crash, South Stradbroke Island
QPS News 17 December 2013 Police have resumed the search for a light plane reported crashed into the ocean at South Stradbroke Island yesterday. Read moreFiled under: Forensic pathology Tagged: light...
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No sign of pair on downed Tiger Moth
Sydney Morning Herald AAP 17 december 2013 There’s no sign of a pilot and passenger after a Tiger Moth bi-plane crashed into the sea off Queensland’s South Stradbroke Island. The plane broke up when it...
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Two people believed dead in Tiger Moth Joy Rides plane crash off South...
The Australian / Gold Coast Bulletin Tanya Westthorp, Shannong Willoughby 16 December 2013 A PILOT and a French tourist are believed dead and the wreckage of a light plane is scattered across a beach...
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Poor visibility hampers plane crash search
Sydney Morning Herald AAP 17 December 2013 Poor visibility is hampering the search for two people believed killed in a plane crash off the Gold Coast. Police divers, water police and other authorities...
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Bodies recovered from wreckage of Tiger Moth off Gold Coast
ABC News Joanna Crothers and Tom Forbes 17 December 2013 Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a Tiger Moth that crashed in waters off South Stradbroke Island in south-east Queensland...
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Update 2: Light plane crash, South Stradbroke
QPS News 18 December 2013 Police have recovered two bodies from the wreckage of a light plane that crashed into waters off South Stradbroke Island yesterday afternoon. The bodies were located by police...
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Camera recovered from Tiger Moth crash site
ABC News 19 December 2013 A video camera has been recovered by water police from the site of a light plane crash off the south-east Queensland coast. Read moreFiled under: Forensic pathology Tagged:...
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Tiger Moth victim Taissia Umenc ‘never wanted to leave’ Australia
Brisbane Times Marissa Calligeros 18 December 2013 The French woman killed when a Tiger Moth plane crashed into waters off South Stradbroke Island had fallen in love with Australia and never wanted to...
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Video camera recovered from Tiger Moth crash site
Brisbane Times Marissa Calligeros 19 December 2013 A video camera has been recovered by police divers from the site of a fatal plane crash off South Stradbroke Island. Pilot Alexander “Jimmy” Rae and...
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Footage shows Tiger Moth’s wing failed before Qld crash
ABC News 24 December 2013 Investigators have discovered the wing of a vintage Tiger Moth failed before a fatal crash in south-east Queensland last Monday. The 26-year-old pilot, Alex “Jim” Rae, and...
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Wings failed in less than a second
Brisbane Times Kristian Silva 24 February 2014 A Tiger Moth plane that crashed off South Stradbroke Island, killing two people in December last year, had cracks to components which were regarded as...
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ATSB crash investigators find cracks in Tiger Moth wing tie rods
ABC News Russell Varley 24 February 2014 A preliminary report into a fatal Tiger Moth plane crash off the Gold Coast last year has identified a safety issue requiring action by other operators of the...
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