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Several listeners have called into Radio 6PR to report a plane in the sky with smoke coming off it.
It’s understood the plane was a Virgin regional flight which took off from Albany this morning at 7am, bound for Boolgeeda, a Pilbara airport servicing the Brockman 4 mine.
Live flight tracking information shows it turned around mid-journey to make a diverted landing at Perth Airport at around 9am.
Perth Airport said the flight was turned around due to a technical issue, however, one passenger on board said the plane made a fast descent, and a rough landing.
“Pretty much once we landed it was like, grab your gear and get off … we’re all heading to the Virgin lounge now … to settle the nerves and get ready for the next flight,” he said.
The witness said flight crew notified those on board the plane was turning around about one hour into the flight, saying there was an issue with the landing gear.
A Perth man has been charged with careless driving over a horror head-on crash in Greenmount on Christmas Day last year.
The incident occurred around 4.15pm when a vehicle crossed over to the wrong side of the Great Eastern Highway, colliding with another car.
Firefighters used the jaws of life to pry people from the wreckage.
Two women, 45 and 48, each a passenger in one of the vehicles, suffered critical injuries.
The 48-year-old male driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe, and two other passengers, 17 and 10, suffered serious injuries. The 46-year-old male driver of a Toyota Corolla sustained minor injuries.
He has since been charged with six counts of careless driving causing bodily harm and is due to appear in Midland Magistrates Court next week.
It was a historical day for West Australian sport with the board of new rugby league team, the Perth Bears, meeting for the first time in Perth yesterday.
Top of the agenda for the group is figuring out how to win over an AFL-obsessed state.
Among the board members is former treasurer Joe Hockey and former Australian cricketer Christina Matthews.
Watch 9 News Perth’s report on the meeting below:
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Good morning readers and welcome to our live news blog for Tuesday, August 5.
Making headlines today, new data reveals West Australian parents earning top dollar are sending their children to some of the most expensive schools in the state – but several smaller, less-expensive schools are surprise inclusions in the list.
Families with a median income of $376,000 – the highest for a school in WA and one of the highest nationally – are sending their children to Christ Church Grammar School, the latest figures from the Department of Education show.
Meanwhile, Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has won a keenly fought contest to build $10 billion worth of warships for the Australian navy, beating its German rival and overcoming concerns about a lack of export experience.
The first frigate is scheduled to be delivered in 2029, with most of the ships to be built at the Henderson shipyards in Perth.
Stay with us as we bring you the news of the day, as it happens across Western Australia.