A trainee pilot has escaped injury after crashing during a ‘low-speed runway excursion’ at a Royal Australian Air Force base.
It’s understood the student was controlling a PC-21 Roulette plane when it crashed at the RAAF Base in East Sale, southeast Victoria, on Thursday.
The trainee was taken to the base medical centre for assessment but was not injured in the crash.
One man who was there in the aftermath of the crash counted 20 emergency vehicles that had amassed to secure the area.
The incident will be investigated.
There are currently six Roulettes in the RAAF’s aerobatic display team which are flown at events around Australia.
They can fly as low as 80 metres and at speeds of up to 685 kilometres per hour.
Pilots require years of training in order to properly manoeuvre the aircrafts during showcases where they often fly within three metres of each other in the air.
A student at the RAAF Base in East Sale (pictured) in southeast Victoria, escaped injury after crashing during a ‘low-speed runway excursion’
Meanwhile on Friday another student pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on a popular Sunshine Coast beach after a reported engine failure.
Queensland Police confirmed the small plane landed at Bulcock Beach in Caloundra at 9am and that neither the student nor the instructor on board were injured.
Tomas Murray, a different flight instructor, commended the instructor on board who ‘followed all correct procedures during the emergency’.
‘The engine failed in some way. We don’t know the details and will be investigating,’ Mr Murray wrote on social media.
‘Plane is okay but will be assessed by flight engineers and a report will be made.’
More to come
Meanwhile on Friday another student pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on a popular Sunshine Coast beach after a reported engine failure
