A 64-year-old pilot and his 22-year-old son were lucky to survive in South Oz's outback when the Jabiru aircraft they were in had the engine fail about 50kms east of Coober Pedy - the pair were eventually found 48km north of William Creek after their emergency call was picked up by a passing aircraft and relaid to Canberra

A manager from the Anna Creek station joined with police in driving out to retrieve the Victorian pair by road - the undamaged Jabiru had landed on Anna Creek Road between Lake Eyre and the Davenport Ranges


"It's a huge area out there and he didn't have a survival beacon..."

A 40-year-old gyrocopter pilot sustained a dislocated shoulder after the rotary-wing flying machine he was in crashed at Blyth in South Australia's mid-north

The Country Fire Service along with the local ambulance and police crews were called to the accident site at South Terrace early this morning

A privately operated Robinson R22 helicopter flown by a 28-year-old Capella cattle musterer has crashed in the central Queensland town of Emerald during flood rescue operations - the pilot suffered only minor injuries when the 2-seat rotary-wing ended up on its side after control was lost approximately 3 to 5 metres from the ground during the attempted landing on a makeshift heliport at the Emerald Racecourse

A 34-year-old pilot undergoing asymmetric twin training and the 62-year-old Curtis Aviation instructor were able to walk away from the PA-30 Twin-Comanche they were in after a training sequence malfunctioned forcing the low-powered aircraft to make an emergency landing into the backyard of a property at Kirkham near the Camden airport

A 59-year-old pilot was injured when his gyrocopter crash-landed at a remote cattle station about 290km north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory - workers from Neutral Junction Station said his aircraft lost power about 100 feet above the ground - he was airlifted to Alice Springs Hospital for treatment