Overview
- ATSB investigators are examining a scorched crash site near Heck Field after a home‑built light aircraft with a turbocharged Subaru engine went down shortly after take‑off, with CCTV and flight records central to inquiries.
- Pilot Greg Ackman, 73, and longtime friend Tony Scopelliti, 72, died at the scene as the crash sparked a hard‑to‑access grassfire that damaged potential evidence and required about 50 firefighters to contain.
- A 27‑year‑old Victorian was arrested after allegedly following an ambulance to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, attempting to force entry while armed with a knife, and threatening paramedics following a Netley stabbing.
- The Adelaide suspect has been charged, including assault causing harm and two counts of assaulting a prescribed emergency worker, after police tracked a white Porsche to the South Eastern Freeway; investigators say the incident was not random and are seeking CCTV.
- NSW Police confirmed the body found on Billy’s Beach at Corunna is the missing 23‑year‑old British tourist who fell at Mystery Bay on January 18, with a report to be prepared for the coroner.