Perils of PNG

Mountains, changing weather & unusual airfields

The catastrophic accident to a DHC-6 Twin Otter near Kokoda just over three months ago refocussed attention on the ever-present dangers inherent in Papua New Guinea aviation.

The more so because nine of the Twin Otter’s 11 passengers were Australians flying into Kokoda for the specific purpose of walking the Kokoda Track in memory of relatives who died fighting there during World War 2