Fairchild Aircraft SA227-DC Metro 23

Flight Number

NA

Date of Crash

07/05/2005

Location of Crash

Queensland, Australia

On May 7, 2005, a Fairchild Metroliner commuter aircraft operated by Transair crashed during an approach to land at Lockhart River Airport in Queensland, Australia. The deadliest crash in Australia in the prior 36 years resulted in the death of all 15 persons on board.

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