Small plane crash lands in rice field, pilot safe
published : 26 Aug 2019 at 20:17
writer: Gary Boyle
SUKHOTHAI: A small plane made a safe emergency landing in a rice field on Monday after an engine problem forced the pilot to end the flight.
Police in Sri Satchanalai district called to the scene reported the single-engined plane was overturned in a field near a dirt road.
The pilot, Prakit Sappipattana, was unhurt. He told police he was flying from Chiang Mai province to Bangkok. The engine cut out and he had no choice but to find a place to land.
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Vocabulary
- cut out: (of an engine) to suddenly stop working -
- dirt (noun): loose earth or soil - ดิน
- overturn: to turn upside down or on the side - พลิกคว่ำ, คว่ำลง
- pilot: a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job - นักบิน
- unhurt (adj): not injured; not hurt - ไม่ได้รับการบาดเจ็บ
- Keywords
- rice field
- small plane
- field
- pilot
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