00:00A dawn flight ends in disaster.
00:05The pilot had lodged a flight path with CASA from the Gold Coast Sport Flying Club to Tamworth.
00:11Conditions were hot and windy.
00:13The initial information that we know is that the light aircraft has taken off from Hex Airport
00:18and a crash occurred just after take-off.
00:21Eyewitnesses have told police the 73-year-old pilot and his male passenger didn't stand a chance.
00:28Our condolences go out to the family of the people involved.
00:32Tragic circumstances and everyone here is doing their best to make the scene safe as quickly as possible.
00:37The single-engine plane crashed in cane fields, bursting into flames, sparking a bushfire.
00:43It is a tricky fire where it is. It's located in a hard area.
00:47The hot, dry and windy conditions have made it difficult for firefighters to bring the blaze under control
00:52with more than a dozen crews here on site.
00:55As winds of 30km per hour later ripped through the region, they were forced to call in aerial support.
01:03We are seeing flame heights in excess of 5 and 6 metres as it's moving its way through the vegetation.
01:09For the distraught victims' families, there are so many unanswered questions.
01:14Police are trying to access CCTV of the take-off.
01:17Police are trying to access CCTV of the take-off.
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