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Procrastinus

31st Oct 2022 16:30

Rochester EFATO

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/202766...fter-take-off/

treadigraph

31st Oct 2022 22:57

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.

FUMR	1st Nov 2022 11:46

"Kent Police said: "The plane is reported to have come to a stop inside a wooded area."

Well, factually correct I suppose :}

Maoraigh1

1st Nov 2022 21:12

A good example of keeping control and having minimum forward and downward speed at impact.

megan

1st Nov 2022 22:06

So true Maora, but the article says the aircraft "plunged", probably to miss the school and hospital.

Quote:

Witnesses say the light aircraft plunged into woodland around 11am on Monday after taking off from nearby Rochester Airport in Kent.

plunge
/plʌn(d)ʒ/
verb
past tense: plunged; past participle: plunged
jump or dive quickly and energetically.

Auster Fan

2nd Nov 2022 13:27

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"

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