Emergency services were notified of the issue around 9.30 a.m. Monday morning. The plane, a Beach B-200 Super King, was travelling from Newcastle (NTL/YWLM) to Port Macquarie (PQQ/YPMQ)
circled the airport for hours burning fuel before making a “textbook” wheels-up emergency landing.
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| EASTERN AIR SERVICES BEECH B200 KING AIR VH-XDV (MSN BB-1100) |
Xray Delta Victor departed Newcastle around 8.35 a.m. from runway 30, stopped climb at 1,300 feet and circled 28 times before landing on runway 30 at 12.20 p.m.
Footage on social media shows the plane approaching the runway without its landing gear activated before touching down and skidding along the tarmac until coming to a stop.
Emergency response vehicles were on standby and could be seen in the video racing to the aid of the plane. Superintendent Wayne Humphrey from NSW police praised the 53-year-old pilot for executing a successful landing, saying that nobody was injured, and the passengers had even been able to drive home it was reported.
“It was a great result, really well done by the pilot,” Humphrey reportedly said. “I could hear him on the air, he sounded very calm to me.”
The plane had been circling the airport for several hours in order to burn fuel.
Those guiding the plane down in the control room burst into applause when they saw it had landed safely, Humphrey said.
The plane had been scheduled to make a 26-minute flight from Newcastle to Port Macquarie, about 400 kilometers (248 miles) north of Sydney.
Aircraft Information:
Footage on social media shows the plane approaching the runway without its landing gear activated before touching down and skidding along the tarmac until coming to a stop.
Emergency response vehicles were on standby and could be seen in the video racing to the aid of the plane. Superintendent Wayne Humphrey from NSW police praised the 53-year-old pilot for executing a successful landing, saying that nobody was injured, and the passengers had even been able to drive home it was reported.
“It was a great result, really well done by the pilot,” Humphrey reportedly said. “I could hear him on the air, he sounded very calm to me.”
The plane had been circling the airport for several hours in order to burn fuel.
Those guiding the plane down in the control room burst into applause when they saw it had landed safely, Humphrey said.
The plane had been scheduled to make a 26-minute flight from Newcastle to Port Macquarie, about 400 kilometers (248 miles) north of Sydney.
Aircraft Information:
Owner / Operator: Eastern Air Services
Aircraft: Beech B200 Super King Air
Registration: VH-XDV
Serial Number: BB-1100
Engines: 2 x Pratt and Whitney PT6A-41 turbo propeller
First Flew: January 1982
Age: 42 Years
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