Air Tractor bites the dust - Esperance, W.A.

[onetrack]

The media are reporting the crash of an Air Tractor cropduster N of Esperance around 09:55Hrs this morning.

 

From the W.A. Police Farcebook page ...

 

"At about 9.55am today a crop dusting plane crashed on a property approximately 105 kilometres north of Esperance.

 

The pilot, a 29 year old man from Victoria, sustained serious injuries but managed to alight the aircraft.

 

He has been conveyed to Royal Perth Hospital by Royal Flying Doctor Service in a stable condition."

 

Glad to hear the pilot has survived, and I trust his injuries are not that serious, that he suffers long-term problems from them.

 

Just looking the wreck gives one a suspicion that it's possible he'll be suffering from serious leg/foot injuries.

 

The Air Tractor looks to be rather sad, I suspect she may be a write-off. (news article below wrongly states pilot is in "critical" condition - Police advice is more accurate)

 

Pilot injured in plane crash in WA's south

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Well that's a sure right off. Glad the pilot is ok.