Qantas captain Criddle, 72, was conducting an examination with Jake Anastas, 29, in a Cessna 182 when the aircraft crashed into a Jabiru flown by Khadervali Gagguturu, 60, who was undertaking a recreational flight.
The carrier that would become Australia’s second largest airline group operated its first flight, from Brisbane to Sydney, on 31 August 2000, and benefited from the collapse of Ansett a year later before rebranding to Virgin Australia in 2011.
Qantas captain Criddle, 72, was conducting an examination with Jake Anastas, 29, in a Cessna 182 when the aircraft crashed into a Jabiru flown by Khadervali Gagguturu, 60, who was undertaking a recreational flight.