Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
In this video we look at what is still today Victoria's deadliest aviation disaster - the 1938 crash of the 'Kyeema' DC-2 aeroplane into Mount Dandenong in Melbourne's outer east.
Yes, I know the plane I use in the video is a DC-3 and doesn't have the correct livery but I couldn't find either a model or livery for FS:2020.
Big thanks to @Rheilffordd for reviewing the video too! Make sure you head over and check out his amazing channel.
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
VonBarb, 'DC-3 Bare Metal with reworked normals'. Flightsim.to. 2 February 2025.
T.A.S. Aerial Services. (1934, February 7). King Island News (Currie, King Island : 1912 - 1986, p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211999974
'Australian National Airways Logo'. 27 November 2017. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_National_Airways_logo_AA.png
'Air Crash at Mount Gambier [B 9893] • Photograph'. News and Mail. State Library South Australia. 1938. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+9893
Pilots inside a cockpit. Pixebay. pexels.com/video/video-of-pilots-inside-a-cockpit-854271
Tyurin, Mike, 'Pilot in cockpit during flight'. Pexels.com. pexels.com/video/pilot-in-cockpit-during-flight-10801914
TERRIBLE DISASTER (1938, October 28). The Forbes Advocate (NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 1. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218435885
AIR DISASTER: SPECIAL PICTURES: WRECKED KYEEMA THE VICTIMS (1938, October 27). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 12. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38703738
AUSTRALIA'S WORST AIR CRASH (1938, October 26). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 19 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184113802
WORST AIR DISASTER: 18 DEAD (1938, October 26). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 1., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247358955
AIR HOSTESS WHO MISSED DEATH IN THE KYEEMA (1938, November 5). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 32. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52265963
KYEEMA CRASH INQUIRY BEGINS TOMORROW (1938, October 27). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 9. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article278334704
TRAGIC BLUNDER (1938, October 30). Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), p. 19. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203916013
KYEEMA DISASTER- "COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH BEACON" (1938, October 27). Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 7 (Edition 2). from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94712610
KYEEMA CRASH REPORT CONDEMNS CIVIL AVIATION BOARD (1938, December 9). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247443556
Federal Govt. Trickery (1938, December 11). Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), p. 16. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169097998
NEW AIR SAFETY PLAN IS NEXT BEST THING TO (1940, October 26). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244462909
'Department of Civil Aviation Wings Logo'. Department of Civil Aviation (Australia). Airways Museum. Wikimedia Commons. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Department_of_Civil_Aviation_%27Wings%27_Logo.jpg
'Footage of Montreal Airport at Dusk'. German Korb. Pexels.com. 4 February 2020. pexels.com/video/view-of-montreal-airport-at-dusk-3678415
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'Ansett-ANA'. Planespotters.net. assets.planespotters.net/files/airlines/6/ansett-ana_a0660a_opk.png
'Ansett logo 1970s'. Ansett Airlines. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ansett_logo_1970s.svg
Burgess, Julian, 'Miss Flinders: a pioneering plane'. 15 December 2024. 1932. https://julianburgess.com.au/2024/12/15/miss-flinders-a-pioneering-plane/
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
In this video we look at what is still today Victoria's deadliest aviation disaster - the 1938 crash of the 'Kyeema' DC-2 aeroplane into Mount Dandenong in Melbourne's outer east.
Yes, I know the plane I use in the video is a DC-3 and doesn't have the correct livery but I couldn't find either a model or livery for FS:2020.
Big thanks to @Rheilffordd for reviewing the video too! Make sure you head over and check out his amazing channel.
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
VonBarb, 'DC-3 Bare Metal with reworked normals'. Flightsim.to. 2 February 2025.
T.A.S. Aerial Services. (1934, February 7). King Island News (Currie, King Island : 1912 - 1986, p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211999974
'Australian National Airways Logo'. 27 November 2017. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_National_Airways_logo_AA.png
'Air Crash at Mount Gambier [B 9893] • Photograph'. News and Mail. State Library South Australia. 1938. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+9893
Pilots inside a cockpit. Pixebay. pexels.com/video/video-of-pilots-inside-a-cockpit-854271
Tyurin, Mike, 'Pilot in cockpit during flight'. Pexels.com. pexels.com/video/pilot-in-cockpit-during-flight-10801914
TERRIBLE DISASTER (1938, October 28). The Forbes Advocate (NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 1. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218435885
AIR DISASTER: SPECIAL PICTURES: WRECKED KYEEMA THE VICTIMS (1938, October 27). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 12. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38703738
AUSTRALIA'S WORST AIR CRASH (1938, October 26). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 19 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184113802
WORST AIR DISASTER: 18 DEAD (1938, October 26). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 1., from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247358955
AIR HOSTESS WHO MISSED DEATH IN THE KYEEMA (1938, November 5). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 32. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52265963
KYEEMA CRASH INQUIRY BEGINS TOMORROW (1938, October 27). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 9. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article278334704
TRAGIC BLUNDER (1938, October 30). Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), p. 19. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203916013
KYEEMA DISASTER- "COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH BEACON" (1938, October 27). Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 7 (Edition 2). from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94712610
KYEEMA CRASH REPORT CONDEMNS CIVIL AVIATION BOARD (1938, December 9). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247443556
Federal Govt. Trickery (1938, December 11). Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), p. 16. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169097998
NEW AIR SAFETY PLAN IS NEXT BEST THING TO (1940, October 26). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244462909
'Department of Civil Aviation Wings Logo'. Department of Civil Aviation (Australia). Airways Museum. Wikimedia Commons. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Department_of_Civil_Aviation_%27Wings%27_Logo.jpg
'Footage of Montreal Airport at Dusk'. German Korb. Pexels.com. 4 February 2020. pexels.com/video/view-of-montreal-airport-at-dusk-3678415
Parker, Phil, 'Ansett & TAA'. Department of Civil Aviation (Australia). via Facebook. facebook.com/photo/?fbid=186310737127623&set=pcb.186314397127257
'Ansett-ANA'. Planespotters.net. assets.planespotters.net/files/airlines/6/ansett-ana_a0660a_opk.png
'Ansett logo 1970s'. Ansett Airlines. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ansett_logo_1970s.svg
Burgess, Julian, 'Miss Flinders: a pioneering plane'. 15 December 2024. 1932. https://julianburgess.com.au/2024/12/15/miss-flinders-a-pioneering-plane/
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
