The plane experienced engine problems after takeoff at Groote Eylandt but ended up upside down when the pilot tried to return to the airstrip
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Two people have suffered serious injuries after a single-engine aircraft carrying a pilot and five passengers hit terrain on approach to an airstrip and landed upside down at Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Emergency services treated five people after the incident on Friday, with at least two taken to hospital in a serious condition.
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