Glider crashes at Mount Beauty in north-east Victoria, killing Melbourne mother and pilot
A man and a woman have been killed after their powered glider crashed in Victoria’s High Country. It’s understood that the purpose of the flight was to spread the ashes of someone else who had recently died. The passenger was 39-year-old Kate Callingham. She's been described by friends and family as a beloved partner, mother, daughter and friend, and a keen leader in the arts. The country fire authority says it appears the glider ran short of the runway and crashed.
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00:00 Around 30 emergency service workers rushed here to the Mount Beauty airfield following
00:07 reports of the crash this afternoon. This is a popular tourist area and the Country
00:12 Fire Authority says it received multiple calls about the accident at around 1.45.
00:19 Its crews came and provided first aid until ambulances arrived. The paramedics brought
00:24 significant resources including an air ambulance and mobile intensive care officers, but they
00:31 were unable to save the two people who died at the scene. It was a very distressing scene.
00:37 I could hear anguished cries from people who were gathered here. Police say the pilot and
00:43 passenger were the only two people on board the glider when it crashed.
00:48 Emergency services tried to resuscitate the two occupants of the aircraft, but unfortunately
00:54 were unsuccessful. Quite a traumatic scene with a number of family and friends that were
01:01 in attendance at the scene.
01:03 The incident comes less than two years after another pilot died here after crashing a light
01:09 plane shortly after take off. The airport will be closed until tomorrow while investigations
01:14 into today's incident are carried out.
01:17 [ Silence ]