{"id":1954,"date":"2018-06-09T11:29:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T07:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2018-06-09T11:29:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T07:29:03","slug":"australia-one-dead-after-light-plane-comes-down-in-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/06\/09\/australia-one-dead-after-light-plane-comes-down-in-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: One dead after light plane comes down in street"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pilot has been killed in a small plane crash in a residential street near Moorabbin Airport, in Melbourne’s south-east.<\/p>\n

Police said the single-engine Cessna was coming in to land at the airport when it crashed into nearby Scarlet Street, Mordialloc, just after 5:00pm.<\/p>\n

The sole pilot, believed to be a man in his 50s, had been on an hour-long joy flight.<\/p>\n

The plane took out power lines on the way down and caught fire, but the cause of the crash is not yet known.<\/p>\n

No-one else was injured.<\/p>\n

Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Edwards from Victoria Police said a number of residents called emergency services to raise the alarm.<\/p>\n

“It was in flames when the MFB [Metropolitan Fire Brigade] arrived, the flames were put out quite quickly and there was very minor damage to a vehicle in the street,” he said.<\/p>\n

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He said it was believed the victim worked for a flight school.<\/p>\n

“I believe he was an engineer for the company \u2026 who had been working on the plane and had taken it out for a flight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I think he’d worked for quite some time, 20-odd years. I think the aircraft was a 10-year-old aircraft.”<\/p>\n

Senior Sergeant Edwards said while it was tragic for the man’s family, it was lucky the plane caused minimal damage.<\/p>\n

The word Oxford can be seen on the tail of the plane.<\/p>\n

In audio recorded from the airport’s traffic control at the time of the crash, one of the workers can be heard saying “It’s the 172 from Oxford I believe”.<\/p>\n

Oxford Aviation Academy said it would not comment when contacted by the ABC.<\/p>\n

Grant, who lives nearby, told ABC Radio Melbourne that at first he thought it was a car accident.<\/p>\n

The aircraft is on the street, its badly burnt in the fuselage behind the engine and the cockpit,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I heard the thump and didn’t pay much attention, thinking it was just a car accident down the road somewhere and then the whole neighbourhood went nuts with non-stop fire brigades, ambulances, police.<\/p>\n

“You can’t move out on Scarlett St for emergency vehicles at the moment.<\/p>\n

“A neighbour was walking his child down there and scooted out of the way real quick and it was just a ball of flame all the centre of it.”<\/p>\n

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Grant said Scarlett St was a small suburban street about 400 metres from Moorabbin Airport.<\/p>\n

Despite its size, Moorabbin is one of the country’s busiest airports with flying schools, charter flights, freight, recreational flights and air work such as surveying conducted from the site.<\/p>\n

It is about 22 kilometres from the CBD.<\/p>\n

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is expected to begin its investigation on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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ABC<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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