Further Incidents
Following the Lockhart River crash, Transair in Australia went into liquidation in late 2005. Aerotropics also no longer operates as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority cancelled its AOC due to ongoing safety breaches. Transair continued to operate its PNG business until 31 August 2010 when the company's Cessna Citation ran off the runway on landing at Misima Island near Milne Bay, Nuigini. The previous owner of Transair in Australia, Les Wright, died along with three others in the ensuing inferno. There was one survivor.
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