Melbourne - A light plane crashed in
heavy monsoon rains on the northeastern tip of Australia on
Wednesday, killing all five people on board, police said.
The chartered flight, carrying four government workers and
the pilot, had twice tried to land near Lockhart River, on
Queensland's Cape York Peninsula.
"The plane approached the landing strip and on the third
occasion the plane has tragically crashed," Chief Superintendent
Chris Hodgman told reporters.
"We know that there were five people on board. The plane has
crashed into some sand dunes. Nobody has survived that crash."
Weather conditions had been "pretty rough," given monsoonal
rains, Hodgman said, adding it was too early to determine
reasons for the crash and that police were investigating.
All passengers aboard the twin-engine Cessna 404 Titan
aircraft were from Cairns.