Taupo harbourmaster Philip King said the plane sank in 3.5m of water. "It was the pink skydiving plane from the airport," King said. "The skydivers had already jumped. "The pilot ejected later and ended up in the blackberry," he said
The full report can be found here : http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/64724765/plane-crashes-into-lake-taupo
Seeing that plane almost every day here in taupo it was, like the old red float plane was a bit of an icon in taupo. . A long with being pink, the rego SDT brought some tongue and check humor if you swap the d and t around. .!!
ReplyDeleteAnyway looks like the old aussie shela "the normad" will be having her red inserts removed and be a regular down the runway and at 12000 ft
The pilot ejected??
ReplyDeleteThe pilot ejected .??
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