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Broken landing gear bolt sparked horror hangar crash

Rob Hoyle's family says he dedicated his life to aviation. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A nose landing gear component failed as a plane took off and crashed into a hangar, killing a flight instructor, his trainee pilot and injuring nine other people.

The two men on board the Diamond DA42 faced "a very peculiar emergency at a very crucial stage" as the aircraft took off from Adelaide's Parafield Airport on April 29, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a preliminary report.

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