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noise abatement

22nd Jul 2004 17:52

Light aircraft down nr Sittingbourne Kent

Just heard from someone that a light a/c had come down nr Sittingbourne Kent very recently.Anyone know anything?

BRL	22nd Jul 2004 18:20

From the BBC news/England/Kent...............

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Two hurt as aircraft crash lands

A light aircraft carrying two people has crash landed in a field in Kent.

The twin engine piper aircraft came down in the field at Frinsted near Sittingbourne at 1730 BST on Thursday after taking off from Biggin Hill.

The pilot suffered cuts to his face as well as rib injuries and the passenger had neck and face injuries

Both were able to walk free from the plane bu were taken to the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham. Police and fire crews attended the scene.

bar shaker

22nd Jul 2004 20:17

Another sobering reminder that one day the engine might stop.

Continuing to do PFLs should be part of all of our regular flying.

Glad they walked away, many haven't recently.

Zlin526

22nd Jul 2004 20:35

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Another sobering reminder that one day the engine might stop.

In this case, the other one should have prevented a forced landing.....

Anyone know if it was attempting to land at the [very short] airstrip at Frinsted?

Ho hum, but good news that they walked away. Any landing that you can walk away from..........:ok:

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