BREAKING NEWS
A light aircraft is missing on a flight from Wangaratta in Victoria to Moruya on the South Coast of NSW.
Authorities have initiated ground teams to search for the plane in rugged terrain east of Khancoban in the Snowy Mountains, the last know position of the aircraft.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is co-ordinating the search for the missing aircraft. At 4.30pm Tuesday, 15 July, AMSA was notified by Air Services Australia an aircraft was overdue arriving at Moruya airport on the NSW South Coast.
The aircraft was flying from Wangaratta in Victoria with one person on board.
AMSA’s Essendon-based Challenger jet, Victorian Ambulance Emergency Medical (HEMS) helicopter and a Toll rescue helicopter from Bankstown are assisting with the air search in this area.
“NSW Police Alpine Operations teams, supported by the State Emergency Service (SES) and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), are conducting a ground search today, assisted by Snowy Hydro,” an AMSA spokesperson told this masthead.
“The ground search teams will be faced with rugged and inaccessible alpine terrain, impacted by recent heavy snow falls.”
Police Information
About 4.35pm yesterday (Tuesday 15 July 2025), emergency services were notified of a possible plane crash, about 500m off Dargals Trail, Snowy Valleys (area pictured below).
The 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.
A command post was established, and a search commenced involving officers attached to the NSW Police Alpine Operations Unit, with assistance from NSW and Victoria Ambulance Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service, and the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre airwing, but the plane could not be located.
About 8.30am today (Wednesday 16 July), the multi-agency search resumed involving officers attached to NSWS Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit, State Emergency Services, National Parks and Wildlife Service and Snowy Hydro.
The AMSA Challenger rescue jet and 2 helicopters, from Victoria and Sydney are conducting an overhead search.
The search continues.
