Qld: Six survive belly-landing of plane

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2009
Qld: Six survive belly-landing of plane

BRISBANE, April 14 AAP - An aircraft carrying six people made a safe belly-landing
at Oakey airport, near Toowoomba in south east Queensland, after experiencing landing
gear problems.

The civilian aircraft landed safely on Tuesday and nobody was injured.

The Piper Chieftain had been circling the the airfield while it burned off fuel.

The airport is home to Army Aviation units and both military and civilian emergency
services were on standby as the plane landed.

A layer of fire-suppressant foam was laid down before the landing.

AAP stg/jpm

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