{"id":12889,"date":"2025-02-27T17:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T04:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12889"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T04:48:13","slug":"pilot-escapes-with-minor-injuries-after-forced-landing-in-farmland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12889","title":{"rendered":"Pilot escapes with minor injuries after forced landing in farmland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A light plane has crashed in the Manawat\u016b district.<\/p>\n<p>A Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre spokesperson said the plane got into trouble on Thursday, near Glen Oroua, a rural community west of Palmerston North.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were notified via a Personal Locator Beacon activation at approximately 12:50 PM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pilot was the sole occupant, and initial reports indicate they sustained minor injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was understood the pilot had conducted a forced landing, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures of the plane posted on a social media site after the landing appeared to show it among long grass in farmland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--OhqDrAyU--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1740629514\/4KBBJ07_GTRH_Glen_Oroua_27th_1_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A spokesperson for Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter said the patient was treated on scene by the onboard Critical Care Flight Paramedic before being airlifted to Palmerston North Hospital.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"789\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">A spokesperson for Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter said the patient was treated on scene by the onboard Critical Care Flight Paramedic before being airlifted to Palmerston North Hospital.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied \/ Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We tasked the Manawat\u016b Rescue Helicopter to the location to assist, with other emergency services also attending.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The patient was treated on scene by the onboard Critical Care Flight Paramedic for approximately 20 minutes before being airlifted to Palmerston North Hospital for further medical treatment,&#8221; said a spokesperson for the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>~RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A light plane has crashed in the Manawat\u016b district. A Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre spokesperson said the plane got into trouble on Thursday, near Glen Oroua, a rural community west of Palmerston North. &#8220;We were notified via a Personal Locator Beacon activation at approximately 12:50 PM. &#8220;The pilot was the sole occupant, and initial reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,222,208,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-latest-news","category-lifestyle","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12891,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889\/revisions\/12891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}