Australian pilot among plane crash dead in Papua New Guinea

The 31-year-old was flying the twin-engine Britten Norman Turbine Islander for Sunbird Aviation when he is believed to have come in short of the runway on a flight from Oksapmin, and dived nose first into a swamp at Kiunga. According to local media, the plane experienced engine failure.<br/>All 12 people on board the aircraft were killed. Local media reports three of the passengers were children.<br/>