onetrack
10th Sep 2016, 10:58
It appears a local cropduster has made an unscheduled landing in a paddock N of Esperance, W.A. this morning.
From the W.A. Police Farcebook page ...
"At about 9.55am today a crop dusting plane crashed on a property approximately 105 kilometres north of Esperance.
The pilot, a 29 year old man from Victoria, sustained serious injuries but managed to alight the aircraft.
He has been conveyed to Royal Perth Hospital by Royal Flying Doctor Service in a stable condition."
Glad to hear the pilot has survived, and I trust his injuries are not that serious that he suffers long-term problems from them.
The Air Tractor looks to be rather sad, I suspect she may be a write-off. (news article below wrongly states pilot is in "critical" condition - Police advice is more accurate)
ABC NEWS (AUST) - Cropduster Pilot injured in plane crash in Eastern W.A. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-10/pilot-injured-in-plane-crash-in-wa-south/7833390)
From the W.A. Police Farcebook page ...
"At about 9.55am today a crop dusting plane crashed on a property approximately 105 kilometres north of Esperance.
The pilot, a 29 year old man from Victoria, sustained serious injuries but managed to alight the aircraft.
He has been conveyed to Royal Perth Hospital by Royal Flying Doctor Service in a stable condition."
Glad to hear the pilot has survived, and I trust his injuries are not that serious that he suffers long-term problems from them.
The Air Tractor looks to be rather sad, I suspect she may be a write-off. (news article below wrongly states pilot is in "critical" condition - Police advice is more accurate)
ABC NEWS (AUST) - Cropduster Pilot injured in plane crash in Eastern W.A. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-10/pilot-injured-in-plane-crash-in-wa-south/7833390)