Fiery Plane Crash at Shellharbour Airport
Three people have died after a light plane crashed and caught fire at Shellharbour Airport on Saturday.
"In all my time as a police officer I've never been to an aviation incident like this."
About 10am on Saturday, October 11, witnesses watched the Piper Cherokee Lance aircraft take off and get about 30 metres into the air before dipping and contacting the tarmac with its left wing, according to Lake Illawarra police district's chief inspector Aaron Wunderlich.
- The plane was engulfed in flames, resulting in the deaths of all three people on board.
Author's summary: Three dead in Shellharbour plane crash.