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Pilot & Passenger walk away after CAPS deployment
GOOD training and state-of-the-art equipment saved the lives of two Dubbo men who walked away from a plane crash near Gilgandra. (www.dailyliberal.com.au) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I'm glad the chute worked and they weren't serously injured but____the place the aircraft is sitting looks longer, wider,and smoother than some of the dirt strips I used to fly out of,---------just sayin.
seems like alot of people who have caps find a way to use it.........
""Mr Nixon has a black eye and a bruise on his chin,caused when his knee flew up during the impact""
No injuries? - Holly Hell, how many people can touch their eyeball with their knee?
No injuries? - Holly Hell, how many people can touch their eyeball with their knee?
I am pretty sure he felt it the next day
I was told that your Cirrus was permanently unusable after a CAPS deployment landing. Not sure if this is true.
The aircraft crash incident near Gilgandra yesterday (21/11/2012) serves as a timely reminder to issue (re-issue) the following Safety Information.
Some civil general aviation aircraft types; ultra-light aircraft; some types of hang gliders and gyrocopters are filled with Rocket-deployed emergency recovery parachutes.
These parachute systems are designed to recover the aircraft and passengers to the ground if a serious in-flight emergency arises.
In the case of yesterday's Gilgandra Incident, initial reports indicate that the aircraft's recovery parachute system was the major contributory fact in saving the life of the two persons onboard, after they experienced an in-flight engine failure.
These parachute systems are launched by a rocket installed in the aircraft. Therefore presenting an inherent danger to responding Police & Emergency service personnel to aircraft crashes.
Care should be exercised when working near aircraft wreckage, especially with aircraft fitted with these systems as they may be in a non activated state and rescue / investigative operations have the potential to activate them.