Light aircraft makes emergency landing on Plettenberg Bay beach
A light aircraft made an emergency landing on a Plettenberg Bay beach without mishap on Saturday afternoon, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.
NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated at 12.22pm following reports of an aeroplane accident at Lookout Beach, Plettenberg Bay, spokesman Craig Lambinon said.
The sea rescue craft Ray Farnham Rescuer was launched and an NSRI rescue vehicle, the SA Police Service, and local lifeguards responded.
“On arrival on the scene, a Cessna light aircraft was found to have made an emergency landing on the beach; and it is believed that the light aircraft may have suffered engine failure while flying over Keurbooms Lagoon while on a pilot training flight from George Airport, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing on the beach,” he said.
Two men were on board the aircraft – the pilot instructor and trainee pilot – and they were not injured. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) would investigate.
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