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Drama at Gmunden airfield: small plane crashes into field – occupants unharmed!
On December 18, 2024, a small aircraft crashed during landing training in Gmunden-Gschwandt. Both occupants remained uninjured.
Drama at Gmunden airfield: small plane crashes into field – occupants unharmed!
A spectacular accident occurred at Gmunden-Gschwandt airfield on Wednesday afternoon: a small aircraft crashed over an embankment into an adjacent field during a training flight. The two occupants, a 65-year-old flight instructor and a 39-year-old student, were completing take-off and landing training when a dangerous maneuver occurred during a landing. Suddenly the tires locked up when braking on the wet asphalt, which dramatically aggravated the situation Volksblatt reported.
The flight instructor acted quickly and steered the aircraft to the left to avoid crashing over the edge of the terrain at the end of the runway. Thanks to his courageous intervention, the two-seater aircraft rolled out on the soft earth and fell over the embankment without anyone being injured. The amount of damage is currently unknown. The aircraft accident commission has already been called in to investigate the circumstances of the incident, while the Laakirchen and Rahstorf fire departments were on duty for over three hours to rescue the machine, reported Nachrichten.at.