3 Dead in ‘Unsurvivable’ Midair Plane Collision

Three people are dead after the light planes they were travelling in collided midair over Sydney’s southwest, with first responders describing the incident as “unsurvivable.” Emergency crews responded to reports the planes collided about 11:50 a.m. on Oct. 26 in the vicinity of Belimbla Park near Oakdale. Responders located the first aircraft, a Cessna 182, which had burst into flames on impact with the ground, NSW Police Acting Superintendent Timothy Calman said. The plane was believed to have been travelling from Cessnock to Wollongong carrying two passengers police were unable to identify. Crews then located a second aircraft, a Jabiru carrying one man who was pronounced dead at the scene, one kilometre north of the first aircraft....