Rocky landing for Aslan
The EuroCeltic Fokker F27 jet prop plane was lifted out of the water yesterday afternoon and was being examined by air accident investigators.
It crashed shortly after 5pm last Saturday as it was landing on the runway at Strandhill Airport, Co Sligo. EuroCeltic spokesman Noel Hanley said he had spoken to the pilot and had been told that the aircraft aquaplaned along the runway before part of it tipped over into the sea. “There was a lot of water on the runway at the time. The pilot applied the brakes and the plane just kept on going,” Mr Hanley said. “She just dipped her nose into the sea.”
