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Man dies in a farm plane crash near Bourke, NSW

A 47-year-old man has died in a plane crash on a farm in the outback.

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A man has died in a plane crash on a farm in remote NSW.

Emergency services raced to the property near Bourke about 7.50am on reports a plane had crashed.

The police said officers from the Central North District found a cropdusting aircraft had crashed into a field.

“The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, a 47-year-old man, was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but died at the scene,” the police said Saturday afternoon.

The crash happened near Bourke on the morning of February 10, 2024. Picture: Google Maps
The crash happened near Bourke on the morning of February 10, 2024. Picture: Google Maps

“A crime scene was established and is being forensically examined.”

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been notified and will investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

Duncan Evans
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Duncan Evans is a reporter for News Corp’s NewsWire service, based in Adelaide. Before NewsWire, he worked as a resources and politics reporter for The Daily Mercury in Mackay, Queensland and as a reporter at CQ Today, an independent newspaper based in Rockhampton. He was raised in Emerald and Brisbane and studied English Literature and American Studies at the University of Sydney. He began his career in journalism working for the Jakarta Post in Indonesia for over two years as an editor, translator and writer. He is fluent in Indonesian.

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