Aircraft Crash
On 23 December 1984, a single-engined Cessna 210 aircraft, which had just taken off from the island en route to Broome, struck power lines and somersaulted. 6 people were killed.
It appears the aircraft may have been overloaded with passengers and fuel at the time. The plane took off with the wind from the south across the strip rather than over the ocean and Submarine rock. The gravel strip at the time had been affected by a cyclone in the area on the previous days
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