Pilot and passenger narrowly escaped death in 2020 crash on flight from Cork 

Pilot and passenger narrowly escaped death in 2020 crash on flight from Cork 

Two people were injured in a light aircraft (Cessna 172) crash in Killimordaly, Co Galway last summer. Picture: Press 22

A 65-year-old pilot and his passenger on a flight from Cork to Roscommon last summer narrowly escaped death when engine failure led to a crash landing in a Galway field.

A report from the Air Accident Investigation Unit Ireland (AAIU) into the incident involving a Cessna small aircraft near Killimordaly in Galway found that the pilot's attempts to land the plane meant he hit the ground hard in a farming field, severely injuring himself and his passenger in the process.

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