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Light Plane Crash-Lands in Queensland, Two Critically Injured

1/27/2026

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A light plane crash-landed at Heck Field, 55 kilometers south of Brisbane, Queensland, early Tuesday, injuring two people critically.
Emergency services responded before 6 am, finding the pilot and a passenger trapped in the cockpit as smoke rose.
Fire crews reported the aircraft skidded off the runway.
The Gold Coast Sports Flying Club operates the airfield, used since its conversion from a cane field in the late 1980s.

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A light plane crash-landed at Heck Field, 55 kilometers south of Brisbane, Queensland, early Tuesday, injuring two people critically.
Emergency services responded before 6 am, finding the pilot and a passenger trapped in the cockpit as smoke rose.
Fire crews reported the aircraft skidded off the runway.
The Gold Coast Sports Flying Club operates the airfield, used since its conversion from a cane field in the late 1980s.