Australian pilot unhurt in aircraft crash


Narrow escape: Hardy seen with minor injuries just after the crash in Cameron Highlands.

IPOH: A pilot suffered minor injuries after a light aircraft crashed in Cameron Highlands.

Cameron Highlands OCPD Deputy Supt Zainalabidin Othman said Peter Hardy, the 56-year-old Australian pilot of a G-164B air-craft, was spraying fertiliser at the Sungai Palas Tea Plantation in Brinchang (Boh Plantations Sdn Bhd) when the incident occurred at 1.35pm yesterday.

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