Post by corsair67 on Jan 2, 2007 13:22:22 GMT 12
"(The pilot) is reasonably well-shaken."
Shaken, not stirred? ;D
Source: AAP
Pilot walks away from airport crash
January 02, 2007.
A PILOT walked away unhurt after his light aircraft crashed into a ditch at Melbourne's Moorabbin airport today.
The pilot was the only person aboard a Cessna 172 training aircraft and was performing a touch-and-go circuit when the plane veered into a ditch shortly after 11am (AEDT) today, Moorabbin airport manager Phil McConnell said.
The aircraft was substantially damaged.
Fire crews contained a fuel leak from the battered aircraft, Metropolitan Fire Brigade incident controller Col Matheson said on Southern Cross radio,
"We have a fuel leak out of one of the wings and the brigade has laid down a layer of foam ... to make sure it doesn't ignite," he said.
"(The pilot) is reasonably well-shaken."
