Now THAT’S a lucky escape! Pilot’s skill hailed as he manages to safely ground plane on to its belly after landing gear failed

• Rusty Crane walked away from the emergency in Australia unscathed
• Footage was shared by Wagga Wagga Police on their Facebook page
• Video shows gear hanging down prior to plane makes challenging landing

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John Hutchinson for MailOnline

Published:
07:46 EST, 12 February 2016

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Updated:
08:08 EST, 12 February 2016

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This is the moment a pilot was obliged to ground a plane on its belly after the landing gear failed.

Incredibly despite the challenging landing of the Cessna 2-10 on the tarmac, pilot Rusty Crane walked away from the emergency unscathed.

The heart-in-mouth incident took put at Wagga Wagga Airport in Australia. 

The landing gear is seen hanging from the plane, and right, a cloud of dust rises up after the challenging landing

Footage shows the light aircraft making a smooth descent, yet after that there is a challenging landing accompanied by a cloud of dust rising in to the air.

Speaking to Yahoo News Mr Crane said: ‘It’s known to be a great reliable plane, a harmless plane.

‘I can’t disagree. I’m still here.’

The pilot was flying solo, and as the aircraft lowers, you can easily make out the faulty landing gear hanging from the underside of the plane.

Incredibly despite the challenging landing of the Cessna 2-10 on the tarmac, pilot Rusty Crane walked away from the emergency unscathed

The heart-in-mouth incident took put at Wagga Wagga Airport in Australia, and emergency programs were quick to attend the scene

The video was posted to the Wagga Wagga LAC-NSW Police Force’s Facebook page, along with the pressure writing: ‘Emergency programs called to Wagga Wagga Airport today.

‘Quality skills displayed by the pilot resulted in no one being injured.’

And commenters were quick to praise the skilful handling of the situation by Mr Crane.

Matt Vallender writes: ‘Congratulations to the pilot. Don’t believe this could have actually gone any type of smoother curious about the mechanical circumstances. Pretty skilled.’

And JoJo Brew adds: ‘Wonderful landing on pilots behalf. great on him. Pleased no injuries to anyone.’

Bec Langfield says: ‘Just what a Pretty skillful operation, and Kel Wise echoes this sentiment, including that it was a ‘textbook operation.’ 

 

 

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