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The Essendon Plane Crash

On 21st February 2017 a Beechcraft B200 King Air aircraft operating a charter flight, carrying a pilot and four passengers bound for King Island crashed, just 10 seconds after taking off from Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia. The pilot made mayday calls before the aircraft clipped the roof of the Essendon Direct Factory Outlets (DFO) building, which had not yet begun the day's trading, and then smashed into the ground a few metres away and burst into flames. It was the worst civil aviation accident in Victoria in 30 years.

English
  • Originally Aired March 2, 2023
  • Runtime 44 minutes
  • Content Rating Australia M
  • Network Australia Seven Network
  • Created March 2, 2023 by
    blakehowe
  • Modified December 13, 2023 by
    aeb001