The second Rapide registered VH-CFA. The first one, c/n 6814, ditched in November 1951. The second also ditched. It was off Ingham, Queensland, on October 26, 1953. The pilot and patient drowned. The ambulance officer survived six hours in the sea before being picked up. The aircraft had run out of fuel after being diverted to Townsville because of low cloud at Cairns.
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