A Cessna 172 aircraft had to make a crash landing in bushland at Putty, New South Wales, Australia, on the night of October 27.
The aircraft departed from Ballarat and had stopped for a scheduled re-fuelling at Mudgee before it resumed its flight to Luskintyre. The authorities believe that it ran out of fuel or developed some other issue due to which it had to make an emergency crash landing.
A search operation was launched after it was noticed that the aircraft was overdue at Luskintyre Airfield by more than 40 minutes.
The pilot, identified as Peter George, 62, sustained serious chest and head injuries. Hunter’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter located him and shifted him to John Hunter Hospital where he is in stable condition.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating.