An American-born mechanical engineer has been identified as the first victim of a firefighting plane crash in Queensland. William Jennings is remembered as a 'bright light extinguished too soon' after dying while fighting bushfires in the state's outback. At about 2.
An American-born mechanical engineer has been identified as the first victim of a firefighting plane crash in Queensland.
William Jennings is remembered as a"bright light extinguished too soon" after dying while fighting bushfires in the state's outback. At about 2.30pm on Saturday, mineworkers from the Eloise Copper Mine reported the incident involving a Turbo Commander Aircraft in McKinlay, about 104km southeast of Cloncurry.Investigators warned it could take months to understand what caused the crash.
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