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A crash landing is every pilot's worst nightmare - but imagine if it happened twice in one day.
Well, that's exactly what happened when this microlight plane was fitted with a new engine
- which then stopped in mid-air.
The pilots managed to steer it to land on a nearby beach in New Zealand.
All we saw was a plane coming towards us.
Holy crap that plane's going to crash land on the beach.
Everyone just ran from down the beach because we thought maybe he'd had a heart attack or something.
Luckily, the pilot and his co-pilot both walked away unhurt.
How are you health-wise? Ah fine. No problems...It's only the pride that's bent.
Basically the engine stopped. Sort of thing the pilot doesn't want to hear especially
if he's only got one engine. We actually landed on along some rocks there which was a bit
rough but it only damaged the aircraft slightly.
With some minor repairs done, crowds gathered on the sand to wave them off on the rest of
their journey.
But it wasn't long before they were nose-deep in the waves after crashing again. Believe
it or not, the pair managed to escape unscathed from the second crash as well - though the
plane suffered a broken wing and lost a propeller blade.