Aero Tropics Air Services Swearingen 227 plane crash
Iron Range, Australia
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The Fairchild Metroliner 227, on a passenger flight from Bamaga to Iron Range, crashed shortly before landing into a fog shrouded hillside surrounding the airport. The bad weather conditions could be the root cause of the accident. All the 15 passengers and crew members were killed.
![Swearingen 227 Aircraft similar to the one which crashed (Swearingen 227)](latest/2005/AT_SA227.jpg)
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Aircraft similar to the one which crashed (Swearingen 227)
![Iron Range, Australia (Red dot on map) Iron Range, Australia](latest/2005/AT_SA227_map.gif)
Iron Range, Australia (Red dot on map)
Photos of the crash of Aero Tropics Air Services (7th May, 2005)
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