MELBOURNE, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Two people have been hospitalized after a light plane struck a car while landing at a small airport in northeast Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to Lilydale Airport, 38 km northeast of central Melbourne, around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday and arrived to find that a Piper PA-28 light plane coming in to land had struck a vehicle driving on an adjoining road, causing extensive damage to both.
Two occupants of the car, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s, were treated for head injuries at the scene by ambulance paramedics before being taken to hospital in stable condition.
Two people who were on board the aircraft were assessed by paramedics and did not require emergency care.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the aircraft involved in the incident belongs to a flying school based at the airport. ■