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Light plane crashes in southern NSW on return to Sydney
The pilot, the sole occupant of the training aircraft, died in the crash after the plane descended rapidly from 8,250ft to below 2,000ft over 25 minutes, police said.
- A small Cirrus SR20 light aircraft crashed in Budawang National Park, southern NSW, on Thursday after taking off from Bankstown Airport.
- The plane went missing on the return flight to Sydney and emergency services were alerted by its activated emergency location transmitter around 4:30pm.
- NSW Police coordinated a collaborative aerial search with support from maritime safety crews, medical helicopter services, and firefighting units to identify the location of the crash site.
- Flight data shows the plane descended from 8,250 feet to less than 2,000 feet over 25 minutes before disappearing from radar, with the pilot believed to be a man in his 60s flying alone.
- Emergency services face difficult terrain and weather conditions preventing ground or vehicle access, and efforts to reach the site on foot have resumed this morning.
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Body found as South Coast crash site reveals 'heavily damaged' plane: police
NSW Police have recovered the body of a 60-year-old man whose aircraft crashed in Budawang National Park, prompting a multi-agency search and rescue.
·Canberra, Australia
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