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Plane lands on beach, flips over
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-04-17 10:53

Beachgoers in Australia had a lucky escape yesterday when a small plane crash-landed in the sand then flipped over in the sea. The two pilots also survived the accident.

Phil Walters and his co-pilot were flying the single-propeller Piper Cub towing an advertising banner above the tourist town of Caloundra, Queensland, state when the engine stalled.

Walters told Network Ten television that he spotted a patch of empty sand on Shelley beach and began sliding toward it. Witnesses said the plane hit the sand, flipped and came down in the shallows.