Plane Crashes in Australia, Survivors Unlikely

World | May 7, 2005, Saturday // 00:00

A plane with 18 people onboard crashed in bad weather in far northeast Australia on Saturday. Authorities say it is unlikely that there are any survivors among the 16 passengers and two pilots aboard the Metro Liner aircraft. It been travelling to Lockhart River -- about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) northwest of the Queensland state capital Brisbane -- from Bamaga, on the tip of Cape York.

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