A 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were flying on a Piper PA-28 aircraft that took off from Bankstown Airport in Sydney’s south-west at about 2.20 pm on Thursday. But only five minutes into the training flight, it had an engine failure and was compelled to make an emergency landing around sports fields at Bossley Park, according to Parami News.
By putting the aircraft into nearby trees, the pilot skillfully cushioned the severity of the crash. Although it contained up to 340 liters of fuel, both occupants sustained nothing more than minor injuries and refused further medical assistance offered by ambulance personnel at the scene.
The site of this accident is near Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School which had not yet closed for the day when it happened. The school principal, Beverly Coffey, was advised about it by some parents who were coming pick their children up from school premises.
Teachers and other staff quickly put on high visibility jackets so as to manage while also consoling what were “some pretty upset kids” but no further interruption could be reported until end of classes later in afternoon. “I truly believe that he prevented something bigger from happening,” said one parent about actions of the pilot.
According to data obtained from FlightAware aviation tracking site the plane had climbed up to approximately 300m within a speed of around 144 km/h before crashing roughly two minutes just after takeoff.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has already commenced its inquiry into this incident based on these facts as obtained from Flights Ware website submitted under regulation part identified above-investigation types table (ATSB).
