Police find the body of Trista Applebee after Gold Coast joy flight
Police have found the body of who they believe to be 31-year-old Trista Applebee, who was on a Yak 52 aircraft that failed to return from a flight from the Gold Coast on Wednesday.
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POLICE have found the body of who they believe to be 31-year-old Trista Applebee, who was on the Yak-52 aircraft that failed to return from a flight from the Gold Coast Wednesday morning.
Gold Coast Water Police found the body about 4:30pm on the southern part of Main Beach on North Stradbroke Island.
Ms Applebee was the passenger on the flight with the 52-year-old pilot Marcel van Hattem, who was found in wreckage off South Stradbroke Island yesterday.
Police will now prepare a report for the coroner.
Ms Applebee’s boyfriend raised the alarm after waiting for her in vain at the Southport Flying Club on Wednesday when the plane failed to return from what was meant to be a 30-minute scenic flight.
It is a tragedy chillingly similar to one in August 2008, when a Yak-52 plunged into the sea off South Stradbroke, killing Ian Lovell — who was also on a birthday joy-flight — and pilot Barry Hempel.
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