Over 100 people gathered at the Illawong beach on Tuesday to mark 65 years since the Fokker Friendship Abel Tasman crashed off the coast of Mackay claiming the lives of all 29 on board.

His sister, Tyra Wales, said it only felt "like yesterday" that she heard the Fokker F27 Friendship had crashed in the sea near Mackay in north Queensland. "Sixty-five years doesn't seem that long ...

A rolling fog that Friday night had forced the Mackay Airport to shut its runway as the TAA Fokker F-27 Friendship in the skies above was enroute from Rockhampton and due to land at 8.30pm.

With her sister already at the airport waiting for the Fokker F-27 Friendship to touch down, Ms Camilleri and her mum decided to chase her brother’s plane through the foggy streets to where her ...