Police believe the Cessna 210,which is registered to a NSW company,crashed about 26 kilometres north-east of Mount Isa Airport on Sunday afternoon.
A community centre manager has called for better cultural awareness training for police.
Ipswich woman Natasha Wilson,who fought to save her little girl's life through open-heart surgery,has died in a head-on crash in Mount Isa.
One woman has died,a child was in a critical condition and three others,including an infant,were taken to hospital after the head-on crash.
It has been more than 40 years since the bodies of three friends were found in bushland near the tight-knit city of Mount Isa in Queensland's Gulf Country.
Bruce John Preston has been remanded in custody but has vowed to fight the three murder charges.
A former guard in one of Australia’s most notorious prisons has been arrested for killing three young travellers in remote bushland near Mount Isa 40 years ago.
Three families have been haunted by the Mount Isa slayings of Karen Edwards,Tim Thomson and Gordon Twaddle for 40 years.
Homicide detectives have launched a fresh public appeal into the tragic murder of three young friends holidaying in Mount Isa in 1978.
At least 500,000 cattle have been killed in the state's north-west and Townsville's damage bill is about $600 million.
The airport and a graziers's station have been shut down after an emergency declaration.