Australia: Aircraft on takeoff, crashed, minor injuries. Bankstown Airport.

A PILOT and a passenger had a lucky escape and were freed uninjured when a light plane crashed in the car park adjacent to Bankstown Airport.

A light plane has crashed into a car park adjacent to Bankstown Airport in Sydney's west.

Two people have walked away after their light plane hit the ground and flipped on to its roof soon after take-off from Bankstown Airport this morning.

A spokeswoman for the airport said the single-engine propeller aircraft crashed just after departing from the airport at 9am after the pilot reported engine failure.

An Ambulance Service of NSW spokeswoman said two people suffered minor injuries.

They were not taken to hospital.

The aircraft was left upside down in a field across the road from the airport's runway, with big chunks of grass and dirt hanging off its nose and undercarriage.

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