Media release

Update - Missing aircraft - Arnhem Land

Police

Northern Territory Police are responding to a fatal plane crash after a light aircraft missing in Arnhem Land was located in dense bushland near Bulman this afternoon.

Due to the remote location of the single engine plane and the investigation by Northern Territory Police being in its infancy no further information will be available today.

The Northern Territory Police, together with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Response Centre, conducted a search for the aircraft after it failed to arrive at Katherine from Gove yesterday.

The plane with a pilot and one passenger on board was due to land in Katherine about 10.30am yesterday.