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 APRIL 30  2014


 Posted 3:14 PM 30/04/2014 
ULTRALIGHT PILOT UNINJURED IN FORCED LANDING AT BROADWATER IN NSW

An 80-year-old ultralight pilot escaped injury after the Brumby ultralight he was flying had the engine fail necessitating an emergency landing on the beach at Broadwater

The 2-seat LSA machine flipped inverted after the nose-wheel apparently dug into the sand "...the sole pilot onboard was not injured"

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 APRIL 28  2014


 Posted 5:30 PM 28/04/2014 
CHARTERED BARON EMERGENCY LANDING SUCCESSFUL AT DARWIN IN THE NT

Two passengers and the pilot all escaped uninjured after the Beechcraft Baron they were in was forced to carry out an emergency landing at Darwin airport after the undercarriage failed to extend

The 35-year-old twin operated by an NT charter company was due to land at Gove on a regular run when the problem developed and "...redirected to Darwin to make an emergency landing"

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 APRIL 27  2014


 Posted 9:15 PM 27/04/2014 
MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH NEAR TYABB IN VIC CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT

The pilot of a weight-shift controlled trike has died after the microlight he was flying crashed into a house property near Tyabb airport in unknown circumstances that also severely injured his 5-year-old female passenger

The girl survived and was airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition
"...the trike aircraft came down in a front garden on Seaview Road near the Tyabb airport"

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 APRIL 25  2014


 Posted 7:24 AM 25/04/2014 
RAAF C-130 TRANSPORT RUNS OFF RUNWAY LANDING IN AFGHANISTAN

All on board an RAAF C-130 Hercules have escaped uninjured after the heavy-lift transporter they were in ran off the end of the runway at Kabul International Airport

The aircraft left the runway during normal routine operations
"It failed to stop and overshot the runway by about 70 metres"

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