A massive air and ground search initiated on Tuesday night will resume at first light on Wednesday amid fears that a small aircraft has crashed in bushland north of Wollongong.
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Police received reports of a missing single-seater aircraft with one man on board, which had left Wedderburn Airport earlier on Tuesday.
NSW Police, Fire and Rescue and NSW Ambulance crews set up a command post at Sublime Point around 8pm, after police received several reports of a possible plane crash in the area.
Search crews had not found any sign of the aircraft by 10.30pm.
A NSW Police media spokeswoman said the initial Triple-0 caller told police they heard what sounded like an aircraft, before a loud crash.
"About 7.45pm, officers attached to Wollongong Local Area Command received reports of a loud bang overhead between Bulli Tops and Sublime Point," the spokeswoman said.
Ground crews walked along the top edge of the escarpment through the bush, concentrating on a point midway between Sublime Point and Panorama House.
The NSW Ambulance rescue helicopter joined the search just before 10pm, using thermal imaging technology to locate the possible wreckage.
At 10.30pm a police media update advised that the search would continue for the next few hours, before recommencing at first light, around 6am, on Wednesday.
