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By HARRY CLARKE
THE male pilot of a cropdusting plane, believed to have been in his 30s, has died in a crash while working on a property at Canaga, about 30km north-east of Chinchilla this afternoon.
Paramedics were called by a member of the public to a property off Chinchilla-Wondai Rd following the crash about 12.20pm.
Emergency crews from Dalby and Chinchilla rushed to the crash site but were unable to revive the man, who died at the scene. He was the sole occupant of the plane.
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The Caller has been told the pilot was spraying herbicide over crops on a property owned by an international agricultural company when the plane crashed.
Wreckage of the light aircraft remains in an open paddock beside to T Akin Rd, which is lined with thick bushland.
Investigations are underway to determine how the crash occurred.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokesman said gas testing had been required to begin investigating and recovering the plane wreckage.
