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Alice Springs Airport (IATA: ASP, ICAO: YBAS) is an Australian regional airport 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.. The airport was notably involved in Australia's second domestic airline hijacking, and later a suicide attack by a former airline employee which claimed the lives of four others.
Connellan air disaster A Beechcraft Baron 58 similar to that used in the attack Location Alice Springs Airport Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Coordinates 23°48′13″S 133°54′12″E / 23.80361°S 133.90333°E / -23.80361; 133.90333 Date 5 January 1977 approx. 10.30am local (UTC+9:30) Target Connellan Airways building Attack type Suicide attack, deliberate crash ...
28 November - The first episode of Cop Shop airs on the Seven Network. [67] 6 December - The first episode of The Restless Years airs on the 0-10 Network. [68] 22 December - The final episode of the 0-10 Network's long-running drama Number 96 airs for the final time in Melbourne (note: 11 August in Sydney), having first aired in 1972. [69]
Frederick Valentich (/ ˈ v æ l ən t ɪ tʃ /) was an Australian pilot who disappeared while on a 125-nautical-mile (232 km) training flight in a Cessna 182L light aircraft, registered VH-DSJ, [1] over Bass Strait.
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John Anthony Riddell (born 23 September 1956) [1] is an Australian former television and radio presenter. [2] [3]He is best known for his thirty-year association with the Seven Network's television station in Adelaide, SAS-7 where he anchored Seven News bulletins from 1990 to his retirement in late 2019.
In 2014, Sutton was appointed as the Boeing 767 fleet captain, which was the highest position a female pilot had ever achieved at a major Australian airline. [2] The following year, Sutton became chief pilot for Jetstar Airways, a Qantas subsidiary. [4] She is the first woman to hold the position of chief pilot with an Australian airline.
On 21 February 2017, at 8:59 am local time, a Beechcraft B200 King Air aircraft operating a charter flight, carrying a pilot and four passengers bound for King Island, crashed seconds after taking off from Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia. [2] [1] Four American passengers and the Australian pilot died in the crash.