{"id":631,"date":"2025-07-17T15:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:01:09","slug":"plane-goes-missing-in-snowy-mountains-multi-agency-search-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane goes missing in Snowy Mountains, multi-agency search underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-809000\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-809000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20240909_155202890-1200x898.jpg\" alt=\"Kosciuszko National Park Snowy Mountains\" width=\"1200\" height=\"898\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-809000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police are searching for a plane in the NSW Snowy Mountains. Photo: Albert McKnight<\/p>\n<p>Multiple agencies are searching for a plane missing in the NSW high country.<\/p>\n<p>A NSW Police spokesperson said emergency services were notified of a missing plane at about 4:35 pm on Tuesday (15 July).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) was notified by Air Services Australia that a plane took off from Victoria, bound for Moruya Airport; however, it never arrived,\u201d said.<\/p>\n<p>An AMSA spokesperson said the plane was understood to have been flying from Wangaratta in Victoria with one person on board.<\/p>\n<p>Its last known position was east of Khancoban in the Snowy Mountains.<\/p>\n<p><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-886847\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-886847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-16-at-5.24.06-pm-1200x680.png\" alt=\"A map showing where the plane was last seen\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-886847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The plane\u2019s last known location was at Khancoban (shown in lighter green). Image: Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>A multi-agency search began following the plane\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>As of 4 pm on Wednesday (16 July), it has been suspended due to limited visibility and will resume tomorrow morning, weather conditions permitting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s aerial search effort, coordinated by AMSA, involved an AMSA Challenger jet, HEMS Ambulance rescue helicopter from Victoria and a Toll rescue helicopter from Bankstown,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NSW Police spokesperson, it may have crashed about 500 metres off Dargals Trail in the Snowy Valleys.<\/p>\n<p>Officers attached to NSW Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit, State Emergency Services, National Parks and Wildlife Service and Snowy Hydro have been involved in the search.<\/p>\n<p>The AMSA Challenger rescue jet and two helicopters \u2013 one each from Victoria and Sydney \u2013 were also conducting an overhead search.<\/p>\n<p>AMSA Air crews finished searching as of 3:30 pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The search will resume tomorrow morning (17 July).<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p>Original Article published by Claire Sams on <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutregional.com.au\/plane-goes-missing-in-snowy-mountains-multi-agency-search-underway\/482196\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">About Regional<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are searching for a plane in the NSW Snowy Mountains. 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