Pilot, 62, dies after two planes collide at Parafield Airport north of Adelaide

[ramjet555]

[font=proximanova][color=rgb(17, 17, 17)]Pilot, 62, dies after two planes collide at Parafield Airport north of Adelaide
By Daniel Keane [/color][/font][color=rgb(115, 115, 115)][font=arial]Updated about 11 hours ago[/font][/color][size=12px][color=rgb(115, 115, 115)][font=arial][img alt=Two planes after a collision at Parafield Airport.]http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/783445 ... 00x467.jpg[/img][/font][/color][/size][size=12px][color=rgb(49, 0, 153)]

The two planes collided on the ground at Parafield Airport[/color][/size][size=1.25em][/size]
The 62-year-old man from Wattle Park was outside the aircraft on the tarmac at the time of incident. Police believe he was struck by the moving plane, which then crashed into another aircraft parked nearby. No-one was inside either plane at the time. Both are single-engine aircraft a Cessna and a Piper.

Emergency services rushed to the scene about 4:00pm.

A worker at the nearby Adelaide Warbirds flight business was first on scene.He told the ABC he heard a large bang and rushed to provide assistance, but there was nothing he could do to assist the victim.Police will prepare a report for the coroner.The Air Transport Safety Bureau will attend the scene on Monday to investigate the circumstances of the crash.

PHOTO: Police were alerted to an incident at Parafield Airport just after 4:00pm. (Adelaide Airport Ltd)

[ScudRunner-d95]

Hand bombing gone wrong?

[ramjet555]

Don't you mean hand starting?


That's what it appears to be but no one has made that statement yet.

[ScudRunner-d95]

[quote author=ramjet555 link=topic=4207.msg11322#msg11322 date=1474048974]
Don't you mean hand starting?


That's what it appears to be but no one has made that statement yet.
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Ya maybe im the only one that uses hand bombing?

[Colonel]

I use that term, too ...