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What: Trans Air Cessna 550 Citation II en route from Port Moresby to Misima Island
Where: Misima Island Airport
When: Aug 31 2010
Who: 5 occupants, 4 fatalities. 1 crew member survived.
Why: While landing in heavy rain, the plane skidded off the runway and into a wooded area. The co pilot survived. The owner (the pilot Les Wright) died in the crash.
Before this event, CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) had concerns about Trans Air and wanted to bar the carrier from flying to Australia. The investigation questions why the jet overshot the runway.
