On Monday, 15 Sep, Rivers Unit participated in an air search for a plane (Cessna206) that had gone missing after taking off from Scone, NSW at approximately 10am on Sunday, 14 Sep.  The Rivers air observer was part of a 4 person strong ACT SES search crew. They departed Canberra Airport at 0650hrs on a Corporate Air Conquest II fixed-wing aircraft that had been tasked to the search and rescue by the Rescue Coordination Centre. 

The ACTSES air search crew was tasked with searching the area between Scone and Casino and encountered severe turbulence in the mountainous region to the north of Scone.  When the plane returned to Canberra at approximately 1530hrs, they landed in gale-force winds, which made for a very interesting landing!

The missing plane was located by NRMA Careflight at approximately 12:30pm that day. 

The ACT State Emergency Service performs air search as one of its many functions for the community and has numerous AMSA-qualified air observers in its ranks.