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Herald Sun
Miracle escape as plane crashes in back yard near Moorabbin airport
A PLANE has crash landed in the back yard of a house next to Moorabbin airport.
A female pilot in her 20s and a male in his 60s were lucky to escape unharmed.
Police said the four-seater Cessna clipped the roof of a house and then crashed into another house at 240 Lower Dandenong Rd.
It caused extensive damage and brought down powerlines before coming to a stop in the backyard.
Police said it was lucky no one was home at the time.
The plane ran out of fuel before crash landing, according to a Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman.
Moorabbin airport is behind the house.
The pilot and her passenger were treated for shock on the scene. No one else was injured.
"Considering the fact that it's come down in a back yard in the middle of suburbia, it's really quite a lucky escape,'' a police spokesman said.
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Police, paramedics and fire trucks are at the scene.
Rego is KKW - a 152 belonging to the RVAC.
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