Out of the blue: Traffic was brought to a standstill when a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a Gqeberha suburb.
Onlookers gathered at the scene where a light aircraft hit a lamppost after an emergency landing in Gqeberha on Thursday afternoon. Picture: X/ @YusufAbramjeeThis after a pilot and his two passengers, survived a life-threatening crash-landing – only to hit a pothole and wreck the plane in a jaw-dropping incident in Algoa Park, Gqeberha, on Thursday.
The pilot and two male passengers, aged 33 and 43, emerged unscathed. Miraculously, no pedestrians or traffic on the road were affected by the “landing incident”. “We heard a big bang. I was first on the scene with my breakdown . Guardmed was next to assist with any patients,” he toldThe Accident and Incident Investigations Division confirmed that it had been notified of the accident involving a Piper PA-32RT in Gqeberha.
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