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Pilot dead after plane crash in bushland south of Townsville

A 67-year-old Townsville man has died after a plane crashed in north Queensland.

The light plane went down over Shirbourne, a rural location south-west of Townsville early on Sunday.

Police say the crash site is in rugged bushland in the vicinity of Bahr Road and only accessible by foot due to thick foliage and steep terrain.

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