A light plane has crash in Queensland killing two people on board.
Emergency crews were called near Oakey Airport, north of Toowoomba, where the plane went down in a farmer’s paddock near the airstrip at 3.10pm on Sunday.
Paramedics treated both passengers at the scene but were unable to save them.
Three Queensland Fire crews also attended the scene to extinguish the blaze caused by the crash.
Toowoomba District duty officer Senior Sergeant Matt Forbes confirmed the deaths.
‘There was a very large fireball and Queensland Fire Department did attend and extinguished the fire,’ Sergeant Forbes told the Courier Mail.
‘The male occupant of the dwelling, the property owner (where the plane crashed) was home at the time and heard a loud explosion and was able to contact (emergency services).’
Sergeant Forbes said the twin turboprop Reims Cessna F406 that crashed was a commercial plane conducting a routine flight at the time of the incident.
A light plane crashed at Oakey Airport, north of Toowoomba in Queensland, at 3pm on Saturday
The two people on board died, emergency services have confirmed
A crime scene has since been established in the area which is expected to last for a ‘number of days’, he added.
Police will remain at the site where assisting other emergency services.
‘The Forensic Crash Unit will attend the incident and will assist partner agencies in investigating the circumstances of the incident,’ a spokesperson told 7News.
The incident has triggered an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
Investigators will soon be deployed to the area.
More to follow.
