Ken Talbot - Missing Plane

[Nashy]

Thought I would post this in Broncos talk since he's linked close to us...

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/mini ... 5881942528

A PLANE carrying one of Queensland richest businessmen, Ken Talbot, has gone missing while flying over the Congo with serious fears held for the safety of the mining magnate.

Mr Talbot and eight other executives were on board a charter flight from the Cameroon capital of Yaounde bound for the Mbalam iron ore project.

The project is owned by the WA-based Sundance Group in which Mr Talbot is a significant investor with about 14 per cent of the company.

It's understood Mr Talbot and one of his senior executives was on board the plane along with about seven senior executives of the Sundance Group.

The plane took off from Yaounde and lost contact about 25 minutes after take off.

The plane has now been missing for about 18 hours.

Mr Talbot, who founded Macarthur Coal and now runs a private global mining empire with an estimated net personal wealth of about $1.2 billion, was in Africa looking over some of his investments.

``No one knows at this stage but it does not look good,'' one friend of Mr Talbot's said today.

``No one has heard from the plane, which was chartered by Sundance to look over this project. There has been no word, no signal.''

Mr Talbot owns two large private jets himself and flew to Africa on one of them but his aircraft was too large to visit the iron own project in Cameron.

He was due to face court in August in Brisbane over allegations stemming from a CMC inquiry involving a payment of money to former Peter Beattie Minister Gordon Nuttall.

Mr Talbot has maintained his innocence throughout the court proceedings.

 

[m1c]

Done a runner?

 

[Nashy]

Apparently there are nine executives on board. So I doubt it.

 

[m1c]

Oops, missed that bit. Sad if so.

 

[Kaz]

WB, will have to find someone else to give him $100,000 a year.

 

[Charmamba]

wow i hope the bloke is alright. Poor family

 

[Nashy]

I'd say he's dead. It's been too long.

 

[tallis12]

Eh no loss.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Eh no loss.

Are you serious??

 

[ningnangnong]

Eh no loss.

I bet any money you have no idea who Ken Talbot is, in which case, you should refrain from making such comments.

 

[Crazy Sam]

wreckage found a short time ago...

RESCUERS have found the wreckage of a missing plane carrying 10 people, including six Australian mining executives.

Cameroon's information minister said there are no survivors.

He says the wreckage has been found in Congo.

The plane, carrying the entire board of the Sundance Resources mining company, including tycoon Ken Talbot, went missing on Saturday on a flight from Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, to Yangadou in northwest Congo-Brazzaville.

Six Australians, two British, ttwo French, and one US national were on the Casa C212 plane, which had been chartered by Sundance.

 

[Fozz]

Damn...

 

[jarro65]

Very sad :(

 

[tallis12]

I was starting shit boring topic that's all, Shit happens.

 

[Nashy]

Perhaps just refrain from posting in such threads?

 

[Kimlo]

I was starting shit boring topic that's all, Shit happens.

It's a topic about missing people who are possibly dead, is it mean to be exciting???? [eusa_doh

 

[Bucking Beads]

I was starting shit boring topic that's all, Shit happens.

You said NO LOSS regarding a plane going down with Ken Talbot and his mates in it.... Poor form!! [icon_thumbs_do

 

[tallis12]

Okay sorry i was in a bad mood and shouldn't have expressed it in this thread, my bad.

And yes Nashy your right i shouldn't have posted in the thread in the first place.