A search is underway for a missing light aircraft in the Snowy Mountains region.
Ground search teams are searching for the aircraft in rugged terrain east of Khancoban, the last known position of the aircraft.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is co-ordinating the search for the missing aircraft. At 4.30pm Tuesday, 15 July, AMSA was notified by Air Services Australia an aircraft was overdue arriving at Moruya airport on the NSW South Coast.
The aircraft was flying from Wangaratta in Victoria with one person on board.
AMSA’s Essendon-based Challenger jet, Victorian Ambulance Emergency Medical (HEMS) helicopter and a Toll rescue helicopter from Bankstown are assisting with the air search in this area.
“NSW Police Alpine Operations teams, supported by the State Emergency Service (SES) and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), are conducting a ground search today, assisted by Snowy Hydro,” an AMSA spokesperson told this masthead.
“The ground search teams will be faced with rugged and inaccessible alpine terrain, impacted by recent heavy snow falls.”
Further updates to come.
