First solo flight ends in crash landing
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First solo flight ends in crash landing
April 12, 2010 - 11:22AM
A pilot's first solo flight has ended with a crash landing at Sydney's Bankstown Airport.
The solo pilot was not hurt in the incident about 9.30am (AEST) today, a spokeswoman from the Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown said.
"A single engine aircraft has made a heavy landing this morning," she said, and the emergency service plan had been activated.
The pilot's instructor was supervising nearby and when the plane came down heavily he rushed over to the aircraft, leading to incorrect media reports that there were two people on board.
The airport spokeswoman could not say if the pilot was male or female.
A minor fuel leak was being cleaned up by fire brigade officers, she said.
One of the three runways at the airport remains closed.
AAP