1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash site

On 10 March 1949 a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft became airborne at Coolangatta for a flight to Brisbane. Before reaching a height of 300 feet, it suddenly pitched nose-up, stalled and crashed onto its belly beyond the end of the airstrip. All 21 people on board died. It was the worst civil aviation accident in Queensland at the time.