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| Connellan air disaster | |
|---|---|
 A Beechcraft Baron 58 similar to that used in the attack | |
| Location | Alice Springs Airport Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Coordinates | 23°48′13″S 133°54′12″E / 23.80361°S 133.90333°E |
| Date | 5 January 1977 approx. 10.30am local (UTC+9:30) |
| Target | Connellan Airways building |
Attack type | Suicide attack, deliberate crash |
| Weapons | Beechcraft Baron Fixed-wing aircraft |
| Deaths | 5 (including perpetrator) |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrator | Colin Richard Forman |
The Connellan air disaster was a suicide attack at Alice Springs Airport, Northern Territory, Australia, on 5 January 1977.
The attack was carried out by a disgruntled former employee of Connellan Airways (also known as Connair), who flew a Beechcraft Baron into the Connair complex at the airport. The attack killed the pilot and four other people and injured four more, two of them seriously.[1][2]
The disaster is one of only two aircraft suicide attacks in Australia's history, the other being in 1982 at Bankstown Airport.[3][4]
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- ^ "Connellan Air Disaster Survivor Commemorates Anniversary". ABC News. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33040 - Socata TB10 Tobago VH-BXC 16-SEP-1982". Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "VH-AEU Douglas DC-3". www.aussieairliners.org. Retrieved 11 November 2018.