Savvas Tsambarlis has paid tribute to his close friend Lucas Di Biase, one of three people killed when a training aircraft crashed into the sea off South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula.
Di Biase, 20, was an aspiring pilot who was due to travel to Darwin with Tsambarlis to pursue their aviation careers. He was not originally meant to be on the ill-fated flight but took a back seat at the last minute.
“He was just so in love with it and he was so attached to all sorts of flying and he definitely wanted to one day be an airline pilot,” Tsambarlis said.
“He was a great mate… always good to talk to about everything else.”
The Cessna 210 Centurion crashed near Goolwa on Friday, killing Di Biase, 18-year-old Tristan Scheffers, who had just finished Year 12 and was working toward his commercial pilot licence, and experienced instructor Leo Howard.
An investigation by CASA is under way. South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said the focus was now on supporting the grieving families.
Source: 9News.
