Locals who saw the door from a small plane plummet towards a Far South Coast beach, landing just metres from a fisherman, say it was "a crazy situation to witness".

In short:

Surfers say they feared they were about to “witness something pretty horrible” as the door from a plane fell towards South Broulee Beach last week.

The door landed in coastal scrub 20 metres from a fisherman, with the pilot telling airport staff its “latch was not secured properly”.

What’s next?

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it will not conduct an investigation as it would be “unlikely to yield any new safety lessons”.

  • IlandarEnglish
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    • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      4 months ago

      lol i don’t fly on any size plane. if i can’t get there on time by driving, so sorry, i won’t be able to attend

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        • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          4 months ago

          i’ve flown my entire life. it’s the parking, baggage limits, baggage fees, TSA bullshit, being surrounded by entitled tourists and their screaming shitlings in a tiny disgusting seat, layovers, delays, canceled flights, baggage claims, lost baggage, and yes–doors flying off of not-small planes that factored into my decision. fuck literally everything about flying. i don’t know how much money it would take to make me ever deal with any of it ever again, but it would be a hell of a lot