Rochester EFATO
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
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Understand it was a former PPRuNer who was eventually retrieved from his lofty eyrie along with his passenger, both in good nick. Whether the trusty steed fared so well is uncertain, heard it was an Emeraude.
"Kent Police said: "The plane is reported to have come to a stop inside a wooded area."
Well, factually correct I suppose
Well, factually correct I suppose
So true Maora, but the article says the aircraft "plunged", probably to miss the school and hospital.
plunge
/plʌn(d)ʒ/
verb
past tense: plunged; past participle: plunged
jump or dive quickly and energetically.
Witnesses say the light aircraft plunged into woodland around 11am on Monday after taking off from nearby Rochester Airport in Kent.
/plʌn(d)ʒ/
verb
past tense: plunged; past participle: plunged
jump or dive quickly and energetically.
Quote from the pilot on Facebook (copied from the Flyer Forum): "Fairly nasty. Partial power loss over wooded hill just after t/o tried to keep afloat but with no stall warner I misjudged it, incipient spin, recovery but by then we were just over the tree with zero energy and zero power"
