Efforts to recover the wreckage of a crashed light plane in the Sunshine Coast hinterland continue this morning after authorities confirmed the death of its two crew members.
Alarms were raised Wednesday afternoon after the plane failed to return to Sunshine Coast Airport at its scheduled time earlier that day.
Officers were able to locate the crashed Cessna 150 on private property just off Commissioners Flat Road at Peachester just before 9pm last night.
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The bodies of the plane's crew, a 30-year-old Brisbane man and a 46-year-old Sunshine Coast man, were found inside the wreck.
Senior Sergeant Brett Young said the operation to retrieve the men would be a "big job" due to the thick bushland location of the wreckage.
Multiple police vehicles remain near the crash site this morning
Multiple emergency agencies and aircraft were deployed in the search efforts, including the Rescue500 Helicopter and Surf Life Saving Helicopter.
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