1999年3月16日下午6点25分,22岁的见习飞行员亚瑟,驾驶着塞斯拉小型飞机从昆士兰州的莫里机场起飞,准备独自穿越澳大利亚东部的大分水岭山脉,完成他最后一段见习飞行。飞机飞行半个小时以后,亚瑟进入了大分水岭的边缘区域。这时,一团浓黑的云层从东边太平洋海面上横压过来,转眼之间,狂荡的气流掠过飞机,失衡的机体强烈颠簸起来。“不好,赶快返程!”然而,已经来不及了,没等他重新调准方位,乌云裹着暴雨倾盆而下了,只见刺眼的闪电将黑暗的天空一道道撕裂,飞机顿时迷失了航向。 16 March 1999 At 6:25 pm, a 22-year-old probationary aide Arthur, who piloted a small plane from Celane, took off from Mori Airport in Queensland and was prepared to cross the Great Diver’s Ridge in eastern Australia alone to complete his last stretch Trainee flight. Half an hour after the plane’s flight, Arthur entered the edge of the Great Divide. At this time, a cloud of thick black clouds from the east side of the Pacific Ocean across the pressure in the blink of an eye, violent air over the plane, unbalanced body strong bumps up. “Bad, hurry return!” However, it was too late, not waiting for him to re-align the direction, dark clouds wrapped in heavy rain down, I saw the dazzling lightning dark sky will tear, the plane suddenly lost course .