One dead, pilot injured in Mackay beach plane crash

An 83-year-old man has died after a light plane crashed on Christmas Eve on a beach in central Queensland.

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Dec 24, 2021, updated May 22, 2025
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Paramedics and a rescue helicopter were dispatched following the crash just after 8am on Friday at Ball Bay, about 50km north of Mackay.

Police confirmed the man, a passenger on the plane, died at the scene.

The pilot was airlifted to hospital with minor injuries.

Queensland Police’s forensic crash unit is working together with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to investigate the cause of the crash.

The incident follows the death of four people in a light plane crash north of Brisbane less than a week ago.

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