A 73-year-old pilot and a male passenger died after the wreckage caught fire on impact, with emergency services now working to contain the bushfire
A 73-year-old pilot and a male passenger died after the wreckage caught fire on impact, with emergency services now working to contain the bushfire
Two men have been killed in a light plane crash near the Gold Coast, sparking a bushfire.
Emergency crews rushed to Heck Field, a private airstrip north of the Gold Coast, after the plane went down in nearby bushland about 6am on Tuesday.
The wreckage caught alight on impact, sparking a large fire in bushland about 500 metres from the airstrip.
The 73-year-old pilot from Beenleigh, Queensland and a male passenger believed to be from Sydney died after the plane crashed soon after takeoff, police said.
