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Watch: Australian pilot pulls off impressive emergency landing

By Andrew Macfarlane
October 11, 2022

Skill, training and luck helped them successfully slide home. (Source: 1News)

An Australian pilot has pulled off an impressive emergency landing, after his aircraft's landing gear failed to deploy.

The pilot was arriving into Aldinga Airfield south of Adelaide yesterday, when he reported his landing clutch became stuck.

The Beech E55 Baron circled for around two hours before landing.

Footage shows the aircraft scraping along the airstrip, before coming to a halt.

The pilot was uninjured.

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