Aberdeen plane down
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A light aircraft has landed in a field in Aberdeenshire.
The aircraft touched down in a field near Stonehaven at about 16:00 on Wednesday afternoon.
It is understood the pilot was safe.
BBC News - Light aircraft lands in field near Stonehaven
From STV:
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "A twin engine light aircraft has made an emergency landing with one male onboard."
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said the pilot is "complaining of a sore back."
Around 40 firefighters from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance.
The aircraft touched down in a field near Stonehaven at about 16:00 on Wednesday afternoon.
It is understood the pilot was safe.
BBC News - Light aircraft lands in field near Stonehaven
From STV:
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "A twin engine light aircraft has made an emergency landing with one male onboard."
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said the pilot is "complaining of a sore back."
Around 40 firefighters from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance.
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Picture on twitter - it seems to be a US-registered light twin which has put down in a ploughed field.
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Definetly a PA31 piston twin. Looks like he pulled off a good wheels up dead stick job, one Stb blade seems not bent . Must have lost both donks, bit unusual. Shouldn`t this be on another forum.
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As much as I'm utterly fed up with poor journalistic standards nowadays, is it not often par for the course to remove all the seats to reduce weight and free up space for ferry tanks on such trips?
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Believe I saw somewhere that it had departed Wick en route France, would make sense as a stopping point for such a ferry trip. Suspect he ran into problems and was trying to divert to Aberdeen. Vectors for the 34 ILS would send him round Stonehaven way.
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Yes, out of Wick.
You can pretty much guarantee his tanks would have been full if the fuel man there gets his way. (As he normally does)
But the fuel is trucked up from the London, often in tankers used for petrol stations. I'd also look at the lab paperwork too, very closely.
You can pretty much guarantee his tanks would have been full if the fuel man there gets his way. (As he normally does)
But the fuel is trucked up from the London, often in tankers used for petrol stations. I'd also look at the lab paperwork too, very closely.
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