Plane crash lands in CorkÊ
Spotted on a net news page this morning -
"Plane crash lands in CorkÊ
10/05/2004 - 7:24:34 AM
Three men have escaped injury after the small aircraft they were travelling in was forced to make a crash landing at Cork Airport last night.
The landing gear on the aircraft was malfunctioning and the pilot was forced to make an emergency Ôbelly landingÕ on the grass verge beside the main runway.
The Authorities at Cork Airport declared a full emergency alert ahead of the landing, which happened at around 7pm.
The plane, which had travelled from Dublin, was badly damaged in the crash, but the three men on board escaped injury.
The Department of Transport and the Irish Aviation Authority have launched an investigation into the incident, which did not affect any scheduled flights at Cork Airport. "
- While it's great to see everyone make it out safely, I thought it was agreed practice that it's safer to land on the hard-stuff rather than the grass verge?