Essendon plane crash: Pilot named as Max Quartermain, passengers 'US citizens'

By Liam Mannix, Cameron Houston
Updated February 21 2017 - 6:14pm, first published 5:19pm
Max Quartermain, operator of Corporate and Leisure Aviation. Photo: Supplied
Max Quartermain, operator of Corporate and Leisure Aviation. Photo: Supplied

Regular pilot Max Quartermain was at the controls of the light plane carrying five people that smashed into the DFO shopping complex next to Essendon Airport and exploded into flames on Tuesday morning.

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