In short: An Australia pilot has been freed after he was taken hostage while working in a remote area in PNG. The area is located on the border of Hela and Southern Highland. It's understood the quick ...

A GRAFTON man has jumped to the defence of the pilot of a plane that crashed en route to the Kokoda airstrip in Papua New Guinea last week. Rob Brown, a Grafton paramedic, spends part of his time ...

The Australian pilot linked to a suspicious plane found burning in Papua New Guinea after flying out of Mareeba has been charged. Local PNG police have alleged drug, possibly cocaine, links to the ...

Australian pilot Richard Leahy, who runs Kiunga Aviation, was flying the plane yesterday when the engine caught fire above the mountainous terrain of Morobe Province, on PNG's northwest coast. Leahy, ...

Papua New Guinea police believe the group who kidnapped the Australian pilot and two locals were motivated by a "compensation claim". Papua New Guinea's chief of police said it was not the first time ...