Two people have died after the light aircraft they were in crashed at Mount Beauty Airfield, in the eastern part of Victoria.
Police said it was believed the pair were flying over Embankment Drive when the aircraft crashed about 1.45pm.
Police said the pilot and passenger died at the scene and were the only people on board the aircraft.
The Country Fire Authority said it received multiple calls about the incident and its crews provided first aid until paramedics arrived on scene.
A statement from Ambulance Victoria said paramedics responded with "significant resources … including advanced life support paramedics, mobile intensive care ambulance paramedics and an air ambulance".
Mount Beauty is a small town in north-eastern Victoria, near Falls Creek and the Alpine National Park.
Previous crash after Mount Beauty take-off
It comes after a pilot died when his light aircraft crashed in dense bushland after taking off from Mount Beauty airport in September 2022.
An inquest into the pilot's death has heard that at the time, other pilots on the ground considered the weather poor.
The pilot, Matthew Farrell, had attained his pilot's licence through an accelerated conversion course from his paragliding accreditation.
The court heard there were concerns regarding the sufficiency of the training provided to Mr Farrell.
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