31 Jul 2020

Australian pilot in mystery PNG plane crash charged

From , 6:03 am on 31 July 2020

The Australian pilot of the mystery aircraft which crash-landed outside Papua new Guinea's capital on Sunday has been found and charged with illegal entry.

It took a few days for police to get hold of the pilot who had appeared to have done a runner from the Cessna 402C twin engine airplane after it crashed next Port Moresby, having not

The plane was not cleared to fly in PNG, and aviation authorities weren't aware of it before the emergency signal. when they found the crash site, the pilot was missing, and there was no cargo to be found

A Cessna twin engine aircraft crashed on an old airstrip outside PNG's capital on Sunday 26 July on a suspected drug run.

A Cessna twin engine aircraft crashed on an old airstrip outside PNG's capital on Sunday 26 July on a suspected drug run. Photo: RPNGC