A Victorian MP is one in all seven folks in hospital after a pilot was compelled to execute an emergency touchdown moments after taking off from Barwon Heads airport in Victoria.
Emergency companies had been referred to as to Barwon Heads Rd, close to Lake Connewarre, about 8am on Friday following stories of a crash.
The plane took off about 7.50am and was solely within the air briefly earlier than making an emergency touchdown in Connewarre. The pilot and 16 others had been on-board the plane.
Seven folks had been taken to hospital with non life-threatening accidents.
Amongst them was Frankston MP Labor MP for Frankston Paul Edbrooke, who has now offered a heartwarming replace from his hospital mattress.
A publish on social media revealed Mr Edbrooke was nonetheless in hospital present process exams however could be “again to work very quickly”.
He was snapped giving a thumbs as much as the digicam as he lay on a hospital mattress in a neck brace, hooked as much as numerous machines.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan shared the picture of Mr Edbrooke to her personal X (previously Twitter) account.
“Very relieved to have the ability to report that Paul is doing okay,” she stated.
“Sending my greatest to all the opposite passengers, and an enormous due to our superb emergency staff, as at all times.”
Mr Edbrooke reassured his constituents that he was okay following the shock crash.
“Given the circumstances, I’d go and purchase a lotto ticket,” he instructed the ABC.
“As at all times, our first responders had been unbelievable. They by no means hesitate to swing into motion and save lives day by day.”
A person in his 30s was flown to the Alfred in a steady situation with higher physique accidents.
Six different sufferers had been taken to Geelong College Hospital, all in a steady situation.
It’s understood the airplane “received into issue” earlier than crashing, police stated.
A Nation Fireplace Authority spokesperson stated: “Crews found plane ran off the tip of the runway”.
Investigations into the precise circumstances of the incident stay ongoing.
Aerial images from the scene present the sunshine plane coming to relaxation in a grassy discipline beside the runway, with the nostril of the airplane damaged off from the physique.
Emergency service crews labored collectively to triage the incident, together with 5 nation fireplace models alongside Fireplace Rescue Victoria and SES.
A single ambulance is parked on the grassland with at the least a dozen emergency responders on the bottom.
The incident was deemed beneath management and secure by 10.10am.
