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26th Dec 2005, 06:45
Source: ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1538102.htm)
Police on the central Queensland coast will attempt to recover an ultra-light plane that crashed into the water off a beach this morning.
A 53-year-old man had been taking his 46-year-old sister-in-law on a joy flight when his Kitfox aircraft's engine failed.
The pilot failed to make an emergency landing on the beach at Stockyard Point, north of Yeppoon.
Rockhampton Police District Inspector, Graham Coleman, says campers in the area witnessed the crash and rescued the pair in dinghies.
"He's attempted to land on the beach but crashed into the water some distance from the beach," he said.
"It would appear that both the pilot and the female passenger have received minor injuries, just some possible back injuries and some harness bruising.
"They will be conveyed to hospital for observation and treatment and police will investigate the accident."
The first man on the scene of the crash says he feared the worst, after seeing the splash it created when it hit the ocean.
Brendan Clare, a nurse, says he was relieved to see the pair sitting on the plane's wings when he arrived.
"They were pretty shaken up," he said.
"It didn't hit the pilot until a little bit after, when he sat down and obviously then it started to hit him a bit.
"But the other lady was pretty shaken up from the start."
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Skynews just showed pictures of the aircraft up on the beach and looking still in one piece other than the 3 bladed prop. Pilot said it flipped on it's back on hitting the water. Good to see all are ok!
Police on the central Queensland coast will attempt to recover an ultra-light plane that crashed into the water off a beach this morning.
A 53-year-old man had been taking his 46-year-old sister-in-law on a joy flight when his Kitfox aircraft's engine failed.
The pilot failed to make an emergency landing on the beach at Stockyard Point, north of Yeppoon.
Rockhampton Police District Inspector, Graham Coleman, says campers in the area witnessed the crash and rescued the pair in dinghies.
"He's attempted to land on the beach but crashed into the water some distance from the beach," he said.
"It would appear that both the pilot and the female passenger have received minor injuries, just some possible back injuries and some harness bruising.
"They will be conveyed to hospital for observation and treatment and police will investigate the accident."
The first man on the scene of the crash says he feared the worst, after seeing the splash it created when it hit the ocean.
Brendan Clare, a nurse, says he was relieved to see the pair sitting on the plane's wings when he arrived.
"They were pretty shaken up," he said.
"It didn't hit the pilot until a little bit after, when he sat down and obviously then it started to hit him a bit.
"But the other lady was pretty shaken up from the start."
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Skynews just showed pictures of the aircraft up on the beach and looking still in one piece other than the 3 bladed prop. Pilot said it flipped on it's back on hitting the water. Good to see all are ok!