Police, paramedics respond after light plane crashes off WA coast (watoday.com.au)Emergency services have rushed to the aid of two people, who were inside a small homemade plane which crashed into the ocean off the coast of Lancelin on Saturday afternoon.
Around 12.25pm West Australian police and St John paramedics responded to reports a fixed wing flying vessel had crashed on a reef near Edwards Island Nature Reserve in Lancelin.
A police spokesman said there were two people on the plane – the pilot and a passenger. Both sustained minor injuries and were assessed by paramedics at the scene.
A Facebook page for Lancelin posted a picture of the plane, named The Mudskipper, and stated it was homemade and “will fly about two metres or so above the water, with a speed up to 120 kilometres per hour.”
“There has been a serious mishap but the flying boat is still afloat. Oh no The Mudskipper has crashed in Lancelin Bay, we believe everyone is OK,” they wrote.
I guess it was only a matter of time. From memory, they are calling it a boat rather than an aircraft.