Accidents and Incidents
- On 29 October 1991 a 33 Squadron Boeing 707 crashed into the sea 43 kilometres (27 mi) south of RAAF Base East Sale while on a training flight. The aircraft stalled after an assymetric flight condition was mishandled, causing an unrecoverable loss of control. All five RAAF crew were killed in the accident, which was the largest aircraft to crash in Australia at the time.
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