 The flight was scheduled from Bamaga on Cape York to the regional centre of Cairns, with a stopover in Lockhart River.It was the worst air crash in Australia in 36 years since MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 on 31 December 1968.The Queensland Coroner's Inquest in 2007, found that, despite evidence that there were a number of issues leading up to the crash, pilot error was the prime cause.