Tom Strachan

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Millionaire businessman, his son and pilot identified in Qld plane crash (Sky News Australia)

A millionaire businessman, his son and an experienced pilot have been identified as the victims of a fiery light plane crash in the outskirts of Brisbane.

25+ news channels in 1 place. "The ATSB expects to deploy a team of transport safety investigators from its Brisbane office, with expertise in engineering, aircraft operations and maintenance, to the accident site on Tuesday.” Try 1 month free. A millionaire businessman, his son and an experienced pilot have been identified as the victims of a fiery light plane crash in the outskirts of Brisbane. An alarm was raised after it failed to arrive and four hours later the wreckage of the aircraft was located in dense bushland near Fernvale, west of Brisbane city. The three people killed in a light plane crash, which was reportedly hit by bad weather before it dropped suddenly and then slammed into the ground in the outskirts of Brisbane on Monday morning, have been identified.

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Millionaire, son dead in horror plane crash (NEWS.com.au)

A millionaire agribusiness leader and his son were killed along with the pilot in a light plane crash in Queensland on Monday.

He founded mining, construction and agricultural labour hire firm AWX in 2000. The experienced pilot Gary Liehm also died. Mr Strachan was a farmer and leader in the agribusiness industry. Stream your news live & on demand with Flash. From CNN International, Al Jazeera, Sky News, BBC World, CNBC & more. A millionaire agribusiness leader and his son were killed along with the pilot in a light plane crash in Queensland on Monday.

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Qld plane crash: Former Young Rich Lister Tom Strachan dies in ... (The Australian Financial Review)

Tom Strachan and two other people have died in a light plane crash in bushland west of Brisbane. It was reported that the aircraft encountered bad weather.

The aircraft was located during an aerial search and the three occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. “The aircraft was located during an aerial search and all three occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene,” police said in a statement on Monday evening. Police say the Cessna was reported missing after failing to return from a flight on Monday and a search was launched.

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Tom Strachan and son Noah, pilot Gary Liehm, named victims of ... (7NEWS.com.au)

The plane reportedly ran into bad weather before crashing west of Brisbane on Monday.

“It’s just too early in the investigation to say what exactly caused the accident, but at this stage our primary focus is the safe removal of the persons that were on the aircraft and trying to get a picture of what actually happened,” he said. “It’s going to take some time to actually work our way through the investigation of the scene,” he said. “The aircraft was located during an aerial search and all three occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene,” police said in a statement on Monday evening. He sold AWX in 2014 before turning his attention to his other business, Packhorse, which he aimed to be the “greatest land restoration and beef supply chain business in the world”, according to LinkedIn. The aircraft was reported missing after failing to return from a flight on Monday, and a search was launched, police said. Preliminary information indicated the aircraft departed Dalby at 10am and was due to land at Archerfield at 2pm.

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Qld beef businessman Tom Strachan and son Noah die in plane crash (The New Daily)

The leader of a Queensland agricultural business has been killed alongside his son when a light plane crashed in remote bushland near Lake Wivenhoe.

The Courier Mail identified him as Gary Liehm. “The aircraft was located during an aerial search and all three occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene,’’ police said in a statement on Monday night. Mr Liehm was chief executive of Executive Helicopters and had worked in emergency services and for SeaWorld, The Courier Mail wrote. “We have ruined our soils, and we have a broken supply chain in the beef industry with an adversarial relationship between producer and processor,” he said. In a profile on old boys, the school quoted Tom Strachan saying he was a “cowboy” dedicated to regenerative agriculture. “Over the last 10 years Tom has invested in and operated substantial Australian farming enterprises,” the company site reads.

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Queensland plane crash victims identified as millionaire ... (ABC News)

Millionaire businessman Tom Strachan and his son Noah are identified as two of the people who died in a light plane crash in the Somerset region, west of ...

"Heartfelt condolences to the family. "We are just devastated by the loss of Tom and his son Noah, along with our pilot Garry. "We have known Tom since he was a boy and he was always a vibrant force, destined to make a big mark on the world around him," she wrote. The school has released a statement saying it was "deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Old Boys Tom Strachan and his son Noah". Mr Samway said Tom Strachan was both a business associate and a close friend. Mr Strachan was a prominent business leader in Queensland's agricultural industry and held the positions of Chief Investment Officer and Chief Storyteller at regenerative agri-business Packhorse.

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Packhorse executive director Tom Strachan killed in plane crash (The Advocate)

The plane was due to land at Archerfield at 2pm on Monday but it failed to arrive.

One of the We care about the protection of your data. He was also the principal of a successful labour hire company.

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Agribusiness leader and son among three killed in Wivenhoe plane ... (Beef Central)

TRAGEDY has engulfed the Queensland cattle industry following the deaths of prominent agribusiness identity Thomas Strachan, 48, his son Noah, 20, ...

Mr Strachan, who graduated from Brisbane Grammar School in 1990, where his son Noah also attended, graduating in 2019, last year donated $500,0000 to the school’s bursary fund to ensure more boys from the bush have the opportunity of an education at the school. Today our focus is on supporting his family and friends.” “Tom was an inspiring entrepreneur.

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Tom Strachan death: Tributes flow for green grazier (The Australian Financial Review)

The horse whisperer turned labour hire Young Rich Lister turned farmer on a sustainability mission has been remembered as an inspiration.

[Michael Bailey](/by/michael-bailey-j67s5)writes on entrepreneurship and the arts. He was that sort of guy,” said Tim Samway, the former chairman of Hyperion Asset Management whom Mr Strachan convinced in 2019 to partner him in building a pastoral company that would sequester carbon. Mr Strachan was hopeful it would eventually raise $5 billion to transform 2 million hectares using technologies it was funding such as a sensor system that can measure carbon soil sequestration in real time. Tom will be so proud of this,” Mr Samway said. Joining the tributes from friends and colleagues on Tuesday was central Queensland member of state parliament Deb Frecklington, who called Mr Strachan “a champion of the future of regional Queensland”. Mr Strachan stayed on the Young Rich List until 2014, when he turned 41 and no longer qualified, and sold AWX to a group of investors in 2016.

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