Missing/crashed planes, and other aviation mis/adventures

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Reports of plane crash in Port Phillip bay

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It was a SIAI Marchetti S.211 Jet

1809

Unconfirmed mid-air with another S.221; the other aircraft returned to Essendon.

1810

Not good, jet joyflight business, flying together with i assume passenger each. According to news, locals stated they often sighted in area in close proximity. Ide suggest inquest wont be flattering.

1811

2 POB for both aircraft.

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1812

Thats incredible to hear that so close to incident. I know pilots trained to keep calm but considering likely outcome, kinda hard to listen to

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1813

Wow. That’s next level calmness. I know he’s putting on a good face for his passenger, but that’s extremely difficult to hold together when you’ve seen a friend likely die. I’ve heard emergency services radio traffic when hectic real event happen and normally you can hear the stress in the voice.

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1814

Ah yep, ide suggest he in shock big time

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1815

The pilot was my hangarmate with his S211 some years ago. :pensive:

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1816

Oh, sad news to hear FB. Condolences

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1817

VH-DZJ is the accident aircraft.
VH-DQJ is the other aircraft (as per ATC comms above).

1818

I was out on the bay around mount Martha today, but didn’t hear or see a thing. Still an eery feeling being out there when you know two people have just gone under.

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1819

Sorry to hear that

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1820

Sucks man. Really sucks.

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1821

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The two Vipers were filming a new television show “Any Fool Can Fly”.
There was a helicopter that was part of the filming.

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1822

Not trying to make light of this situation, but I would suggest that the basic premise of that program has been undermined by this incident. Unless the subtitle is “But it takes skill to make it back down safely.”

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1823

It’s got a bit of a “whatever it takes” Essendon vibe. Great idea initially, horrible in hindsight.

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1824

Tempting fate a little too much IMO.

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1825

Don’t think that they were teaching anyone in this flight. The person in the back of the plane that landed safely is a Qantas Captain and I think formally with the RAAF and the Roulettes (can’t be too many Joanne Mein’s who are pilots).