Lockhart River Air DisasterPrint Page 
The monument commemorates the fifteen victims who were killed when an aeroplane crashed en route from Bamaga to Lockhart River.
Fifteen people were killed when the aeroplane crashed into a hill in rugged terrain on its approach to the Iron Range Airport at Lockhart River on the Cape York Peninsula on the 7th May 2005. It was on route from Bamaga at the tip of the Peninsula, to Cairns with a stopover at Lockhart River.
The wreckage of the 19 seater Metroliner, operated in affiliation between Aero-Tropics and Transair, was located on a hillside in tropical forest approximately 10 kilometres northwest of Lockhart River. All thirteen passengers and the two crew members - twelve men and three women - were killed in the crash. Witnesses said that the weather was bad with low clouds and some heavy rain.
Location
| Address: | Airport Road, Bamaga Airport, Bamaga, 4876 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -10.94304 Long: 142.449864 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Aviation |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 07-May-2005 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 07-May-2005 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 7th May, 2006 |
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Lockhart River Plane Crash
In memory of the 13 passengers and 2 crew who departed from this airport en route to Cairns on 7th May 2005 and tragically lost their lives when the plane crashed on approach to the Iron Range airport at Lockhart River
Remembered always in our hearts
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Erected on the first anniversary of the air crash
7 May 2006
Queensland Government
