The fatal crash of a small jet on a Milne Bay airstrip in PNG yesterday afternoon is believed to have killed Les Wright, a pilot and aviation entrepreneur.
Airlines PNG
The cold, hard facts about the Kokoda crash
The stark details in the preliminary official report on August’s Kokoda plane crash run contrary to many previous rumours and reports, writes Ben Sandilands.
Kokoda crash pilot had six months’ experience
The pilot behind the controls of the Airlines PNG flight that crashed into a mountain near Kokoda had less than six months’ experience piloting twin-engined aircrafts, according to a report on The Australian.
Kokoda crash: sitting out the clouds in PNG
Airlines PNG, which crashed a Twin Otter carrying 13 people including nine Australians near Isurava on the Kokoda track yesterday, already had a shocking safety record, writes Ben Sandilands.
