Married couple killed in mid air plane crash in Brisbane
A man and a women in their 60s have died after a mid air collision between two light planes, north of Brisbane. Remarkably, the pilot of the second plane walked away uninjured and is helping investigators piece together what happened.
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00:00 A crumpled wreckage, the aftermath of a deadly collision.
00:06 "A tragedy, two people losing their lives."
00:09 "It's devastating that we've had a loss of life."
00:11 A man and a woman in their 60s were killed at Caboolture Airfield at about 10.30.
00:17 Authorities say the pair's light plane, a Jabiru J430, was taking off when it collided with another plane,
00:25 a Piper Pawnee, that was landing on a crossing runway.
00:29 The Pawnee was returning from launching a glider.
00:32 "It did occur low to the ground and at the eastern end of the airfield."
00:37 "Obviously it's an extremely traumatic incident, but our hearts certainly go out to family."
00:42 The Pawnee's pilot survived and walked away.
00:46 "It's probably quite lucky when you look at the damage on the ground."
00:50 With debris strewn across the airfield, the scene left first responders shaken.
00:56 "It's incredibly confronting, as you can imagine, Queensland Ambulance go to a lot of scenes,
01:00 but you know, incidences like today obviously strike home."
01:03 Authorities are aware of the impact of this crash on bystanders and first responders.
01:10 The airfield can be seen from the Bruce Highway.
01:13 Anyone who saw the planes should contact police.
01:16 The airfield was shut down as police and the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau
01:21 try to piece together how the tragedy occurred.
01:25 "What we do know is that this is what we would say is non-controlled airspace,
01:29 where the pilots of aircraft are responsible for their own separation.
01:34 That's primarily done through radio calls."
01:36 It's the third deadly mid-air collision in Queensland in less than a year
01:40 after the SeaWorld helicopter crash and an aircraft and glider incident near Gympie.
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