Lucky Escape for Passengers as Light Plane Crashes and Flips on Australian Resort Island
TOWNSVILLE, Queensland — Ten people narrowly escaped tragedy after a light plane they were traveling in crashed and flipped over while attempting to land on Lizard Island in Queensland’s Far North. The aircraft, carrying nine passengers and a pilot, went down on the exclusive resort island, situated about 400 kilometers north of Port Douglas at the Great Barrier Reef, yesterday morning. The small aircraft, bound for Cairns, was forced to make an emergency landing back …