Snowy Mountains plane: wreckage found in search
A multi -institutional search, which was temporarily suspended due to difficult conditions, continued on Wednesday morning and brought NSW police from NSW and Victoria Emergency Services, including National Parks and Wildlife Service and Snowy Hydro.
In addition, a general search of an Australian Naval Safety Administration (AMSA) rescue jet and two helicopters from Victoria and Sydney.
Speaking before the discovery of the accident area, Stephens’ family described the accountant as an experienced pilot who has been flying since the 1960s.
“David liked to fly. He won his pilot license even before his driver’s license in the 1960s,” the family said Nine news.
“He must have seen a way on the mountains and decided not to return.”
Tony Rettke, President of Fog’s Hollow Flyers Aero Club, is a member of Stephens, said that the 1966 Beechcraft Debonair plane was served before leaving Wangaratta.
“We are all aware of the different possibilities on the flying light plane, and David is very talented and very experienced to fly the length of it,” he said. Nine news.
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