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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 12, 2016 15:12:29 GMT 12
Plane crash lands in Bay of Plenty10:55 AM Tuesday Jul 12, 2016 A plane has had to make a emergency landing after getting into trouble above the Bay of Plenty this morning. Emergency services were responding to reports of a single-engine aircraft with two people on board, running low on oil, as it approached Tauranga Airport about 10.45am. A Tauranga City Council spokeswoman said a light plane had reported engine problems about 10.45am. The plane made a precautionary landing at a paddock in Athenree. No injuries had been reported. The plane initially planned to land at Tauranga Airport and the airport went into full emergency. - Bay of Plenty Times www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11673015
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Post by errolmartyn on Jul 12, 2016 15:17:33 GMT 12
Plane crash lands in Bay of Plenty10:55 AM Tuesday Jul 12, 2016 A plane has had to make a emergency landing after getting into trouble above the Bay of Plenty this morning. Emergency services were responding to reports of a single-engine aircraft with two people on board, running low on oil, as it approached Tauranga Airport about 10.45am. A Tauranga City Council spokeswoman said a light plane had reported engine problems about 10.45am. The plane made a precautionary landing at a paddock in Athenree. No injuries had been reported. The plane initially planned to land at Tauranga Airport and the airport went into full emergency. - Bay of Plenty Times www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11673015 'Crash lands' or a 'precautionary landing'? It's not so much aeroplanes plummeting as the standard of journalisim. Errol |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Jul 12, 2016 15:37:50 GMT 12
Exactly what I was thinking! "Crash" - seriously??? If the oil light comes on in your car while driving down the motorway and you have to make an unscheduled stop on the shoulder (where no stopping is permitted) is it news-worthy?
Isn't Athenree where Waihi Airfield is located? Lots and lots of flat land all around at least... I'll put money on them landing there and some yobbo "news" reporter has been sitting around monitoring airband frequencies.
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Post by The Red Baron on Jul 12, 2016 15:52:28 GMT 12
Interesting to know what it was,I watched a Yak climb out from the airport and head up that way at that time,and shortly after every emergency vehicle in the Bay of Plenty headed down to the airport with sirens going.
I wasnt thinking about Waihi Beach strip being Athernree,it often used to be very wet in the winter to land on.At Athernree theres a topdressing strip beside the main road if you know where to look.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 15:57:25 GMT 12
some yobbo "news" reporter has been sitting around monitoring airband frequencies. That's a fancy newsroom! At the Chronicle we only had one which got fire/police! |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Jul 12, 2016 16:10:01 GMT 12
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Post by baronbeeza on Jul 12, 2016 16:57:43 GMT 12
So are you guys saying that there is a chance this paddock is actually an airstrip ?
I looked at Johnny's map and there aren't that many paddocks to the South. If the pilot had local knowledge he may have just opted to land on a strip
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Post by baronbeeza on Jul 12, 2016 17:03:34 GMT 12
Isn't that old school stuff Zac ?
Some of the stories seem to be based on Facebook or Twitter comments. No need to leave the laptop, file the 'news' from home....
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Post by suthg on Jul 12, 2016 19:29:35 GMT 12
There appears to be an airstrip in a narrow field just to the north of the swampy estuary where it turns to the south by a local cafe the Surf Shop. Using Satellite view. Has a drier, worn strip down the centre of the narrow field.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 12, 2016 20:41:43 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Jul 12, 2016 21:21:28 GMT 12
There appears to be an airstrip in a narrow field just to the north of the swampy estuary where it turns to the south by a local cafe the Surf Shop. Using Satellite view. Has a drier, worn strip down the centre of the narrow field. Thats called "Waihi Beach Aerodrome".....  |
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Post by The Red Baron on Jul 13, 2016 11:53:02 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2016 15:34:10 GMT 12
Isn't that old school stuff Zac ? Good point, I left at the beginning of 2014 so things may have changed... |
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Post by thomarse on Jul 13, 2016 16:55:04 GMT 12
Who else remembers the occasion when an RAAF aircraft on an exercise landed at Waihi Beach and couldn't take off again due surface conditions? Andover or Caribou?
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Post by planewriting on Jul 13, 2016 17:40:57 GMT 12
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Post by The Red Baron on Jul 13, 2016 21:28:25 GMT 12
I see the Tecnam returning to the airport disassembled on a car trailer this arvo.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 13, 2016 22:13:02 GMT 12
Aha, so it did crash!  |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 14, 2016 0:00:11 GMT 12
Nah....it just got slightly bent. Not even munted....  |
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Post by suthg on Jul 14, 2016 8:16:43 GMT 12
Perhaps it did land in a paddock rather than the airstrip there... and was unable to take off for whatever reason.
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