A 73-year-old pilot and his passenger have died after their light plane crashed into an airfield in Queensland.

A pilot who died after his light plane crashed was a “passionate aviator” who flew people to medical appointments and participated in getting young kids on flights.

Emergency services were called to Heck Field, a private airstrip north of the Gold Coast, after the plane went down in nearby

A 73-year-old man has been identified as the pilot who was killed alongside his passenger in a light plane crash on the Gold Coast.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Essex Police said the body of a man had been recovered from Hanningfield Reservoir [Steve Hubbard/BBC] The body of a man has been found after a light aircraft crashed into a reservoir ...

A small aircraft has crashed into a reservoir, police said. Essex Police was called shortly after 14:00 GMT on Sunday to reports of the aircraft entering the water at Hanningfield Reservoir, near Chelmsford. On Monday, the force said its officers remained ...

The accident has triggered a bushfire south of Brisbane.