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AN ELDERLY PILOT, 81, CRASHES WITH HIS AIRPLANE, WITHOUT INJURY

GREAT BRITAIN, An elderly pilot and his young passenger have crashed shortly after take-off with their light aircraft escaping serious injury. Piloted by an 81-year-old accompanied by an 11-year-old grand-son, the aircraft crashed at an airstrip near Rothesay on the island of Bute. Seems that at an approximate height of 3 meter the aircraft experienced problems and touched down on the airstrip; it...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1802
Rome, Italy, 09/08/2000 15:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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