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Gunnedah Airport was closed on day light plane crashed off runway on August 20, ATSB investigators told during probe

Anna Falkenmire
October 16 2020 - 5:30am
Emergency services at Gunnedah Airport on August 20 after the light plane crashed during take off. Photo: Peter Hardin

THE PILOT at the helm of a plane which crashed off the runway at Gunnedah Airport was attempting to take off from a closed airstrip, a preliminary investigation has revealed.

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Anna Falkenmire

Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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