Aussie GA-8 Forced Landing

What: Kakadu Air Gippsland GA-8
Where: near Cooinda Australia (Northern Territory)
When: 3pm on Tuesday
Who: Pilot suffers minor injuries.
Why:Engine failure forces landing. Suspected engine failure related to faulty fuel systems.

Last Sunday 5 people walked away from a Barrier Air charter plane that experienced engine failure at 2500 feet and crashed when trying to land on Whitewood Rd, Howard Springs, in Darwin's rural area.

Australia Emergency Landing

What: Piper Saratoga
Where: Moorabbin airport, Melbourne
When: September 05, 2008 12:45
Who: The two pilots were uninjured
Why: One of the plane’s wheels would not lock down. The pilots were forced into an emergency landing

Yak 52 Crashes; pilot and passenger lost

What: Russian-built Yak-52 stunt plane flying from Archerfield Airport on Brisbane's southside
Where: off South Stradbroke Island, Jumpinpin Australia in south-east Queensland. Wreckage was found after a significant search in about 20 metres of water
When: Sunday Aug 31 12.30pm AEST
Who: veteran pilot Barry Hempel and 20 year old passenger. The pilot and passenger are missing.
Why: no reasons listed; crash is under investigation

Australian Plane Collision, One Fatality

What: Light aircraft collision between a Piper Warrior and a Cessna 150
Where: Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne
When: Aug 27, 2008
Who: Twenty-four-year-old trainee pilot Akash Ananth, an Indian national colliding with another light plane over Cheltenham. The other pilot and trainee made it back to the airport to land safely.
Why: Under investigation

Qantas Emergency Landing

What: Qantas plane bound for Cairns; QantasLink Dash-8 aircraft operating as QF2495, 72-seat turbo-prop
Where: diverted to Weipa, on Cape York
When: 12.10pm (AEST
Who: 60 passengers.
Why:Precautionary in-flight shutdown of the aircraft's number two engine (right-side engine), in response to a cockpit warning. The engine stopped about 10 minutes after take-off. Front landing gear may have been damaged on landing. The passengers disembarked, leaving the plane stuck halfway down the runway.