VIC:Plane crash-lands in backyard

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2010
VIC:Plane crash-lands in backyard

Paramedics at the scene say it was miraculous that the pilot and passenger were able
to walk away from the crash.

"The plane has clipped the roof of one house and landed in the backyard of an adjoining
house," said Ray Rowe of Ambulance Victoria.

"It was a miraculous escape - (the pilot and passenger) were shaken from the experience
but not injured," he said.

The plane was coming in to land and just fell short of the runway at Moorabbin Airport.

Victoria Police spokesman Wayne Wilson said the plane is a write-off.

"It will never fly again," he told AAP.

"It's ended up against a wall and in between the house and a swimming pool.

"It's badly damaged yet the house has just lost a few tiles from the top of the roof."

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