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| Date: | Sunday 3 August 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BRM Aero Bristell Classic S-LSA |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 23-2180 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | over Bass Strait -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | George Town Airport, TAS (GEE/YGTO) |
| Leongatha, VIC (YLEG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Australian authorities have launched a search operation after a BRM Aero Bristell Classic S-LSA with two people on board went missing over Bass strait. After several days of intensified search, the airplane still has not been found. Both occupants are deemed to have died in the crash.
Sources:
https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/two-feared-missing-as-small-plane-disappears-off-tasmanian-coast/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-03/search-underway-for-aircraft-missing-over-bass-strait/105606494
https://www.police.tas.gov.au/news-events/media-releases/update-2-search-in-bass-strait-for-missing-plane/
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/bass-strait-search-underway-for-missing-aircraft-flying-from-tasmania-to-new-south-wales/ar-AA1JNws0
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/emergency-services-launch-desperate-search-to-locate-two-passengers-aboard-light-plane-that-disappeared-over-bass-strait/news-story/1c2245811902f4b32e9ffdceb06af2e3
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-05/missing-couple-aboard-flight-from-tasmania-named-by-police/105616566
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/gregory-vaughn-72-and-kim-worner-66-identified-as-couple-on-board-a-light-plane-that-vanished-over-the-bass-strait/news-story/fe0122b5c505e1e2266810cd4515dc4d
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/tasmania-missing-plane-occupants-identified-vanished-light-aircraft-reignites-bass-strait-triangle-mystery-known-as-australia-s-bermuda-triangle/ar-AA1JZRRT?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
Media:
Authorities have commenced an urgent multi-agency search operation to locate two people after a light plane went missing over the Bass Strait.https://t.co/IBJrHxO7qs
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) August 3, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2025 07:11 | SignorPignolini | Added |
| 03-Aug-2025 07:14 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 07:29 | ASN | Updated [Date, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 08:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 12:36 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 14:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2025 07:52 | Henry in Oz | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 05-Aug-2025 23:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2025 23:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2025 06:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2025 06:25 | gerard57 | Updated |
| 11-Aug-2025 12:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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