Light Plane crash at Redcliffe
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Light Plane crash at Redcliffe
From Ninemsn
17:12 AEST Mon 9 Sep 2002
Two men burned as light plane crashes
Two men were seriously injured after the light plane they were in crashed and burned shortly after take off north of Brisbane.
A police spokeswoman said the pair, in their 40s, were lucky to escape when the twin-engined Cessna 320 ploughed into swampland less than a kilometre south of Redcliffe airport around 11.20am (AEST).
"They walked away from the plane on impact but the aircraft was completely destroyed," the spokeswoman said.
"They were extremely lucky."
A resident of nearby Wanganui Street in the suburb of Kippa-ring, saw the plane go down and ran to their aid, but suffered an asthma attack when he reached the crash scene, Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) said.
The man was treated by ambulance officers and allowed to go home, a QAS spokeswoman said.
The air crash victims were taken to Redcliffe Hospital in a serious condition and later transferred to the burns unit at Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) inspectors have been called in to determine the cause of the crash.
Redcliffe Aero Club said it did not own the plane which belonged to a Brisbane company.
17:12 AEST Mon 9 Sep 2002
Two men burned as light plane crashes
Two men were seriously injured after the light plane they were in crashed and burned shortly after take off north of Brisbane.
A police spokeswoman said the pair, in their 40s, were lucky to escape when the twin-engined Cessna 320 ploughed into swampland less than a kilometre south of Redcliffe airport around 11.20am (AEST).
"They walked away from the plane on impact but the aircraft was completely destroyed," the spokeswoman said.
"They were extremely lucky."
A resident of nearby Wanganui Street in the suburb of Kippa-ring, saw the plane go down and ran to their aid, but suffered an asthma attack when he reached the crash scene, Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) said.
The man was treated by ambulance officers and allowed to go home, a QAS spokeswoman said.
The air crash victims were taken to Redcliffe Hospital in a serious condition and later transferred to the burns unit at Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) inspectors have been called in to determine the cause of the crash.
Redcliffe Aero Club said it did not own the plane which belonged to a Brisbane company.
I believe it was VH-AIY, saw it at Redcliffe parked on the weekend. Used to be parked on the first line of aircraft on the sealed apron opposite Hempels hangar at Archerfield before moving to Redcliffe.
