Four rescued after plane crash in Australia's New South Wales

Four rescued after plane crash in Australia's New South Wales

Four people, including two adults and two children, were rescued safely by police officers and emergency services crews after a light plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a festival on the New South Wales mid-north coast in Australia, New South Wales police said on Saturday.

A nine-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were rescued from the top of the Ferris wheel and two adults, the 53-year-old pilot and his 32-year-old male passenger were rescued from the wreckage, which was dangling from the top of the ride at fair grounds in the seaside township of Old Bar, on Saturday morning.

Police said the plane crashed shortly after 10:00 a.m. local time on Saturday at the Old Bar Festival at Taree.

The light aircraft Cheetah S200 stuck in the frame of the amusement ride more than 10 meters off the ground.

All the four people involved in the incident were not injured.

Emergency services are currently using a crane to extract the wreckage from the wheel.

Air Safety investigators will examine the circumstances surrounding the crash.

English.news.cn   2011-10-01 15:19:33 FeedbackPrintRSS
SYDNEY, Oct. 1 (Xinhua)