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Marty Silk

Unlicensed pilot charged over fatal Qld plane crash

An unlicensed pilot will face court after being charged over the death of a passenger in a light plane he was flying when it crashed in north Queensland.

The 66-year-old man was arrested at a home in Haliday Bay, near Mackay, on Tuesday following a probe by police and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority into the fatal crash at Ball Bay Beach on December 24, 2021.

An 83-year-old man was killed when the home-built, two-seater Jodel D11 aircraft hit the sand, with the pilot also hospitalised for his injuries.

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