'Souvenir hunters converge on crash site', The Canberra Times reported on this day 27 years ago after a MiG15 fighter plane crashed near Narrabundah Oval on March 13, 1993.
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The Bureau of Air Safety Investigation removed the parts of the plane it needed for its investigation and removed barriers from the site.
People came to the site to pick up pieces of twisted metal. One large piece, partly buried, which looked like a wheel strut, was hauled out with the aid of a winch on a Land Cruiser.
A father and his young son walked away with several souvenirs.
One person said he had seen human remains near the trees.
Another group was gathered around the hole in the ground which looked like the plane's first impact. One of the group members was digging in search of pieces of the wreckage.
Early investigations indicated the plane had crashed because of a mechanical error, but the jet was badly broken up.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation said it could take months to determine the cause of the accident.
