Thursday, August 25, 2011

Emergency Landing, Gear Failure. Moree Airport, New South Wales, Australia.

Police say a pilot has made an emergency landing at Moree Airport after the plane's landing gear failed.

The pilot, a 50-year-old Victorian man, was flying from Bankstown to Moree.

He raised the alarm about 6:30pm (AEST), closing the airport for about three hours

The pilot was the only person in the single-engine light plane and flew for an extra 40 minutes to try and rectify the problem.

The crime manager with the Barwon local area command, Steve Laksa, says the plane eventually belly landed on the runway and skipped for about 200 meters before stopping.

"As a result there was a successful landing and no injuries to any of the persons or specifically the pilot," he said.

"There was no damage to the aircraft as a result of fire or fuel issues, so a very sort of touch and go incident involving the aircraft and in the end it all turned out good."

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