ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192615
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 January 1977 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Colin Richard Forman |
| Registration: | VH-ENA |
| MSN: | TH-83 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alice Springs Airport, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | YWYM (Wyndham Airport) |
| YBAS (Alice Springs Airport) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A disgruntled former employee of Connellan Airways (Connair), Colin Richard Forman, stole a Beechcraft 58 Baron from Wyndham Airport, Western Australia and flew the four-hour flight to Alice Springs Airport in the Northern Territory for the sole purpose of carrying out a suicide attack on his former employer. Forman flew the Baron into the Connair complex killing four company employees, including Roger Connellan, son of the airline's founder, Edward Connellan. Two engineers and a company secretary were also killed. The death toll might have been higher had it not been that Forman had not factored in the time difference between the two states. He had planned to crash the aircraft into the building during the 10 am tea break, but in fact, it was an hour later in Alice Springs and most of the staff had vacated that area of the building.
Sources:
1. Connellan Air Disaster
2. Muderpedia: Colin Richard FORMAN
3. Connellan air disaster survivor commemorates anniversary
4. Australian 9/11: The Forgotten Legacy of the Connellan Air Disaster
5. Photo of Beech 58 Baron VH-ENA at Airliners.net
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2017 23:46 | Topaz | Added |
| 15-Jan-2017 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature] |
| 07-Jun-2022 10:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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