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Pilot in fatal Melbourne light plane crash under investigation over 2015 near miss

Police examine the freeway where one of the plane's wheels was found after the crash near Essendon Airport

Police examine the freeway where one of the plane's wheels was found after the crash near Essendon Airport Source: AAP

The pilot of a charter aircraft that crashed at Melbourne's Essendon Airport had been under investigation over a near miss at an alpine ski resort. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been carrying out an inquiry into the incident at Mount Hotham in 2015.Five people have been killed when a plane crashed into a shopping centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport. The commuter plane, bound for King Island in the Bass Strait, got into trouble just after take-off, with the pilot issuing mayday calls. It crashed into the back of a large shopping centre that borders the airport, killing all on board.


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By Greg Dyett, Tina Vassiliev-Kern

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The pilot of a charter aircraft that crashed at Melbourne's Essendon Airport had been under investigation over a near miss at an alpine ski resort. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been carrying out an inquiry into the incident at Mount Hotham in 2015.Five people have been killed when a plane crashed into a shopping centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport. The commuter plane, bound for King Island in the Bass Strait, got into trouble just after take-off, with the pilot issuing mayday calls. It crashed into the back of a large shopping centre that borders the airport, killing all on board.



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