Originally Posted by
IFEZ
Anyone know what time of the day and what the wind direction was..? It looks like maybe he was coming in from the Nth to land on 17 (rather than taking off on 35) and he's put it down on the fairway, skipped over the bunker and into the scrub. Once again, the golf course saves the day! If you're ever unlucky enough to have an EFATO or engine quit on short final at Moorabbin, you want it to happen at that end, not the other..!
The aircraft was taking off, not landing. Runway 35 was in use. Not sure if it was doing circuits, or just planning to take off and depart. We landed at 3.15 pm and I understand it happened right about then.