A total of 15 pilled died when a plane crashed near the Lockhart River in Cape York in 2005.
First victim of Lockhart River plane crash identified as crash investigators battle heavy weather By Kristy Sexton-McGrath, Marian Faa and staff. He said victims included Cairns-based staff from a government department. 12/03/2020. “Nobody has survived that crash.” The victims’ next-of-kin are being notified, Hodgman said. Full-on rain this morning was the same as the day 15 people were killed in another plane crash in the area in 2005, a Cape York mayor says. "You have to remember that in fatal aviation accidents where everybody has not survived, who are they going to blame? The pilots, because no-one is available to tell the story and it's very, very easy to do that,' he told the network.An inquiry into the crash found 19 different factors that led to the fatal crash, with the main one being pilot errorSally Urquhart, was one of the passengers on board the plane which crashed into Lockhart River, in QueenslandThe victims' families lawyer Patrick Noona alleged there was something already wrong with the aircraft, revealing they would be taking legal action against the plane's owners in the United States. Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 (WN1248, SWA1248) was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada.On December 8, 2005, the airplane slid off a runway at Chicago-Midway while landing in a snowstorm and crashed into automobile traffic, killing a six-year-old boy. Mr Urquhart said his daughter would be cheering on the families saying, 'don't let the bastards win'. To improve your experience More than a decade on from one of Australia's worst aviation disasters, families of those killed in the Lockhart River plane crash are still fighting for justice.In 2005, 15 people died when the aircraft they were in crashed at Cape York, including young police officer, Sally Urquhart. The crash, considered one of Australia's worst aviation disasters, led to the deaths of 15 people in 2005 after a plane struck a ridge in the Lockhart River, Queensland.
"The phone rang and when I answered it it was Sally's fiance Trad and I'll never forget the words," Sally's father Shane told "He just very, very quietly said 'Shane, Sally's plane is missing'. Three killed after boat capsizes. 'They don't deserve or didn't deserve what happened to them. "Remember, the people who died at Lockhart River were just ordinary Australians going about their business and they don't deserve or didn't deserve what happened to them," he said.An inquiry found 19 factors contributed to the crash, the main one being pilot error, but Mr Urquhart said it was easy to blame those who aren't around to defend themselves.
Grieving families of the passengers are still asking for answers after a Coroner's Inquest and Senate inquiry failed to conclusively reveal what caused the crash.Constable Shane Urquhart, whose daughter Sally was one of the passengers on the plane, has revealed the haunting words he heard immediately after the crash. "We do believe there was something wrong with that aircraft, since the inquest and since a lot of information and investigations privately have occurred, we believe that there were some instrumentation problems with that particular aircraft," Mr Urquhart said.Lawyer Patrick Noonan, who acts on behalf of many of the victims' families, elaborated further. The wreckage of the 2005 Lockhart River Plane crash. The site of the 2005 Lockhart River plane crash which killed 15 people. 'In aviation accidents where everybody has not survived, who are they going to blame?
The second Facebook post was made at approximately 9.30am while the plane was circling over the Lockhart River airstrip, just moments before the crash. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. A father has revealed the chilling phone call he received moments after the horror plane crash which killed his daughter and 14 others on board. But Mr Nunan said the inclement weather, which included heavy rainfall and low cloud, would have been equally risky. The pilots, because no-one is available to tell the story and it's very, very easy to do that," he said.It was also found that the Metroliner was attempting to land in bad weather with confusing maps and a basic ground proximity warning system that would have alerted the crew too late. "Sally would be cheering us on, she'd be saying 'go for it Dad' ... don't let the bastards win," Mr Urquhart said.Protests in stricken Beirut as blast death toll rises Australia may see a spike in deaths in a week's timeUnconscious surfer pulled from rough surf dies in hospital "Emergency crews quickly found the smouldering wreckage of the plane in rugged terrain, with no survivors on board.Sally was due to to be married four months later, but instead her family and fiance were left to bury her. "When the aircraft was sold to Australian interests in Missouri, before the crash of course, it was not fitted with an Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System ... and you can appreciate when you are in cloud and you are unaware of the rising terrain in front of the aircraft that this piece of equipment is an absolutely vital piece of safety equipment," he said.Victims' families are now taking action against the plane's owners in the United States, where the aircraft was originally purchased and signed off on, but the owners' insurers have been fighting hard to stop that happening.It's been a revolving door of legal action which now won't be resolved until next month in the Brisbane Supreme Court.If the families win then a wrongful death lawsuit will be heard in front of a jury in Missouri next year.