This Day in History: 1994-04-24

A South Pacific Airmotive DC-3 on Army charter to Norfolk Island ditched into Botany Bay after engine failure with 25 people aboard, who all survived. The resulting BASI report found that it was overloaded, poorly kept and flown. However, its pilot Mr Rod Lovell disputed all these points. Source: Age, 19 January 1997; Australian, 30 March 1996; Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 1994 via aph.gov.au website