Mackay Tiger Moth Museum De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth VH-CYA Makes Emergency Landing on the Weekend

As reported on some news sites, early on Saturday 20 October, the Mackay Tiger Moth Museum's antique De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth VH-CYA was forced to make an emergency landing on the construction site of the Mackay Ring Road.

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At around 8.30am on Saturday, the pilot experienced vibrations in the cockpit and made a mayday call after realising the plane, which was on a joyflight from Mackay Airport, was having engine issues.

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It landed safely near the Racecourse mill, and police escorted the plane back to the airport which as shown on the Channel 7 television news, was loaded on the back of a flat-bed truck.

Both the Australia Transport Safety Bureau and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority were reportedly notified of the incident.