fatal crash in four months, and most recent fatal accident to date. 1 October 2012 – 2012 Riama crash. A privately owned 1934 de Havilland DH.84 Dragon 2 registration VH-UXG, named Riama (pictured) went missing in bad weather returning from an air show near Monto, Queensland, Australia to Caboolture. Queensland Police found the wreckage near Borumba Dam. All six occupants were killed and the aircraft destroyed after impacting a ridge. The pilot and owner had flown into unexpected thick cloud and issued a sécurité call. The aircraft's only primary instruments were an airspeed indicator and altimeter. Variants Dragon 1: Twin-engined medium transport biplane. Dragon 2: Improved version. Fitted with framed cabin windows and two faired main undercarriage legs. DH.84M Dragon: Military transport version. The DH.84M was armed with two machine guns, and it could carry up to sixteen 20 lb (9 kg) bombs. Exported to Denmark, Iraq and Portugal. Operators ♠ Original operators Military operators Royal Australian Air Force♠ Austrian Air Force (1927–1938) Brazilian Naval Aviation Royal Danish Air Force♠ – Two DH.84 Dragons Ethiopian Air Force Royal Iraqi Air Force♠ – Eight DH.84M Dragons Irish Air Corps Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 42 Squadron RNZAF Portuguese Air Force♠ – Three DH.84 Dragons South African Air Force♠ – One aircraft operated during 1940. Spanish Republican Air Force General Command of Mapping (Turkey) Turkish Air Force Royal Air Force – Seventeen aircraft impressed. Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units. No. 24 Squadron RAF. King's Flight ♠ Yugoslav Royal Air Force – One aircraft was impressed into military service in April 1940. Civil operators Butler Air Transport MacRobertson Miller Airlines Muir Airlines of NT Qantas Western Australian Airways ♠ VASP♠ Canadian Airways Bata Corporation A single de Havilland DH.84 Dragon, designed OK-ATO, was operated by the Bata shoe company as a short-haul executive transport Misrair Lignes Aériennes Nord-Africaines (L.A.N.A.) Indian National Airways ♠ Aer Lingus Wilson Airways ♠ Air Travel (NZ) Ltd East Coast Airways ♠ Union Airways of New Zealand Transportes Aéreos de Timor African Air Transport ♠ Aberdeen Airways ♠ Air Cruises ♠ Air Navigation & Trading Air Dispatch Allied Airways Blackpool and West Coast Air Services ♠ British Airways British Continental Airways Commercial Air Hire ♠ Great Western & Southern Air Lines Highland Airways Limited ♠ Hillman's Airways♠ Jersey Airways ♠ Midland & Scottish Air Ferries ♠ Northern and Scottish Airways Olley Air Service ♠ Provincial Airways Railway Air Services ♠