Pilot Blamed For Australian Plane Crash That Killed Texans

CANBERRA, Australia (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The pilot of a plane that crashed last year into an Australian shopping mall, killing him and his four passengers from Texas, didn’t properly check the aircraft before takeoff, crash investigators said Monday.
Australian pilot Max Quartermain radioed “Mayday” seven times in 10 seconds but did not explain the emergency before the plane plunged into the Direct Factory Outlet mall in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon on February 21 last y