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Old 9th Feb 2011, 12:34
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Wings ripped apart and no sign of any fuel spill. Hmmm
Definitely looks suss on that angle. I was wondering initially, if an unrestrained pooch might have had a hand in the whole deal? Who carries dogs loose in a cabin?
Sounds suspiciously like a great deal of unprofessionalism here... and a large dose of exceptionally good luck.

If I was that couple, I'd currently be out buying all the Lotto tickets I could lay my hands on. They're unlikely to escape a forced landing amongst powerlines, streets and houses, that easily again.

Horatio - Reports are, that it was a poodle.

Sounds like a well executed forced landing in the middle of urban sprawl, to me. Good work
No, this appears to me to be more of case of more ar$e than class. A well-executed forced landing would have seen the aircraft avoid powerlines and end up, upright... not upside down and shredded into 100 pieces scattered along the street.
I'm amazed they walked away. Most upside-down light aircraft end up with headless pilot and pax.

Plane crashes on Sydney street - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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