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Pilot, passenger walk away from plane's unscheduled landing

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Sun, 1 Jul 2018, 1:19PM
Emergency services are responding to reports of a small plane "going down" in South Auckland. Photo / Google Maps
Emergency services are responding to reports of a small plane "going down" in South Auckland. Photo / Google Maps

Pilot, passenger walk away from plane's unscheduled landing

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Sun, 1 Jul 2018, 1:19PM

A pilot and passenger have walked away unscathed after their small plane made an unscheduled landing in a rural south Auckland paddock today.

A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson says the plane landed in a paddock, somewhere between Papakura-Clevedon Rd and Creightons Rd at 12.25pm, and the occupants have walked away.

The pilot has radioed in that he and his passenger have escaped uninjured.

A police spokeswoman said they received a report of a bi-plane losing power and "going down".

Emergency services rushed to the scene before the pilot's condition was known.

More to come.

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