Father and son dead after devastating plane crash
New pictures show the devastating scene after a light plane crashed in the Mid North, killing a father and son.
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A 24-year-old man and his 50-year-old father have been killed in a plane crash in the Mid North.
Charlie Mumford was a passenger in a plane flown by his father Ben Mumford when the plane struck power lines and came down.
Charlie died at the scene while Mr Mumford was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital fighting for his life, before dying overnight.
Both men are from Redhill and are survived by their loved ones.
A passer-by suffered burns to their hands and arms when they tried to help the men out of the crashed plane. The passer-by was also taken to hospital.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has launched a transport safety investigation, with investigators expected to be onsite Monday.
“The ATSB is preparing to deploy a team of transport safety investigators with aircraft operations, maintenance and engineering expertise to the accident site on Monday,’’ ATSB chief commissioner Angus Mitchell said.
“Once on site they will conduct a range of evidence-gathering activities including site mapping, wreckage examination, and recovery of aircraft components for further examination at the ATSB’s technical facilities in Canberra.’’
Mr Mitchell also asked “anyone who may have witnessed the accident, or may have video footage of the aircraft in any phase of its flight, to make contact via the witness form on our website: atsb.gov.au/witness at their earliest opportunity’’.
SA Police Major Crash officers are attending the Mumfords Road site.
Road closures are in place and the public has been asked to avoid the area.
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