Lake George Canberra: Nightmare plane crash kills everyone on board

A man and three children are thought to have died in a horror light plane crash near Canberra on Friday.

The five-seater Cirrus SR22 crashed and caught alight near Lake George in the NSW Tablelands sometime before 3pm on Friday, NSW Police said in a statement.

Police Superintendent Cath Bradbury said there were no survivors following the crash.

“When police arrived with RFS services there was a small grass fire and obviously a catastrophic crash of a small light aircraft,” she said.

“The RFS extinguished the plane — unfortunately there are no survivors.”

Superintendent Bradbury said it was too early to provide details of who was on board.

However an emergency services source told the Daily Telegraph that a man and three children had been on board.

Firefighting crews worked quickly to extinguish the blaze and police have established a crime scene as investigations continue.

Officers from Monaro Police District are conducting inquiries into the incident, including confirming how many people were on board at the time.

The plane took off from Canberra at 2.30pm, according to 9News.

Six minutes later, the plane made a sharp plunge near Lake George with air traffic control unable to establish communications with the pilot.

Emergency services arrived at a property on Hadlow Drive, Gundaroo, 35km north of Queanbeyan, just before 3pm after a local resident reported seeing flames in the crash area.

Smoke was seen filling the air shortly afterwards as fire crews, ambulances and police vehicles rushed to the scene.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have also been notified and will attend the scene.

The Cirrus SR-22 is a single-engine aircraft and is one of the most popular General Aviation aircraft in the world, regularly topping global best-seller lists.

There were “minimal witnesses” to the crash according to Superintendent Bradbury, who confirmed police would be working through the night to get to the bottom of what caused the horrific incident.

Source: Adelaidenow