Unlucky yes, but as it was a crash landing, it was on the cards something could get hit.
This brought back memories to me of a time several years ago. I forget exactly how many but maybe 10 or so.
It was a hot day, my daughter was out swimming in our above ground pool.
She came running inside and said she had nearly been hit by a small plane.
She said it passed over so low she thought it was going to hit her and she saw the faces of the people inside.
Now, we're on a slightly downward sloping block and she said the plane had shot over the back fence and along the walkway direction (we have open land behind us with bike track etc).
I remember saying to her she must be exaggerating & it must have just looked low but no plane could be that low.
A few minutes later though, on the radio, we heard a small plane had crashed in a field about 2 suburbs from here. Both on board were killed.
My daughter & I have never doubted that that was the plane & that it was flying over because we had the small open area behind us, with a walkway and the pilot was trying to find a safe spot to come down. Always saddens me to think about it.
