One person has died and another injured as a result of a light plane crash at Ball Bay, near Mackay, earlier this morning (December 24).
Initial invesitgations indicate about 8am, a small private plane crashed on the beach near Ward Esplanade.
Police and emergency services responded and the pilot, a 65-year-old Haliday Bay man, was airlifted to Mackay Base Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
The passenger, an 83-year-old Kuttabul man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Forensic Crash Unit will assist the Australian Transport Safety Bureau with investigations and police will prepare a report for the coroner.
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