Aircraft ditched off Sydney Northern Beaches this morning?
Set sydney webtrak to 10:10AM and you can see him come down the coast then disappear at curl curl. One reported to have gone down with the plane. One taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries.
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News.com.au
A LIGHT aircraft has crashed into the water at North Curl Curl Beach in Sydney and a mission is underway.
The plane crashed into the water about 50m offshore and is submerged in 6-metre deep water.
A Westpac helicopter is at the scene and a rescue mission is underway with a paramedic being winched to the aircraft.
One person is being treated for spinal injuries. The injured person's age and sex were not immediately known.
"Paramedics have accessed one patient who has washed up on rocks and are treating the patient for suspected spinal injuries," an Ambulance Service of NSW statement said.
A spokesman for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter said crewmen were diving down to check the interior of the aircraft for any other survivors.
"There appears to be a couple of survivors on the surface of the water," a spokesman for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter told Macquarie Radio.
"We're hoping there are survivors, we know there are two people that are being supported by local surfers."
Shortly after 10am this morning Sydney Air Traffic Control received a mayday call from the distressed plane.
Minutes later it disappeared off the radar screen.
Soon after Ambulance 000 operators were flooded with calls from witnesses to the crash.
Spokesman from Westpac Stephen Leahy said: "We have no idea of survivors at this stage - we are just trying to get someone down to the crash site."
He also said he had no information on where the plane had come from.
There are claims that the plane carried two people.
The plane crashed into the water about 50m offshore and is submerged in 6-metre deep water.
A Westpac helicopter is at the scene and a rescue mission is underway with a paramedic being winched to the aircraft.
One person is being treated for spinal injuries. The injured person's age and sex were not immediately known.
"Paramedics have accessed one patient who has washed up on rocks and are treating the patient for suspected spinal injuries," an Ambulance Service of NSW statement said.
A spokesman for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter said crewmen were diving down to check the interior of the aircraft for any other survivors.
"There appears to be a couple of survivors on the surface of the water," a spokesman for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter told Macquarie Radio.
"We're hoping there are survivors, we know there are two people that are being supported by local surfers."
Shortly after 10am this morning Sydney Air Traffic Control received a mayday call from the distressed plane.
Minutes later it disappeared off the radar screen.
Soon after Ambulance 000 operators were flooded with calls from witnesses to the crash.
Spokesman from Westpac Stephen Leahy said: "We have no idea of survivors at this stage - we are just trying to get someone down to the crash site."
He also said he had no information on where the plane had come from.
There are claims that the plane carried two people.
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They are stretchering an occupant up the stairs by the rock pool at this moment. Don't know if sole occupant and he appears ok but strapped in to stretcher. I left location as too many people milling around.
Hopefully only occupant.
Hopefully only occupant.
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To the pilot of VH-ZVQ Robinson 66 - nice work on your prompt assistance with looking for the distressed aircraft. I applaud you for your quick offer of help as the situation unfolded. Too often we worry about the commercials of such activities but quick actions like yours can often have a positive result.
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The ABC news report suggests that the aircraft went in at a 45 degree angle after the pilot broadcast that he was trying to make a beach landing.
If true, and if this was a stall as a result of trying to stretch the glide, always sad when life is lost when life could have been saved if the aircraft ditched from glide speed.
If true, and if this was a stall as a result of trying to stretch the glide, always sad when life is lost when life could have been saved if the aircraft ditched from glide speed.