PHOTO: A private plane had to make an emergency landing on the Mitchell Highway over the Australia Day weekend. Photo: Bathurst Scan Facebook
An aeroplane was forced to make an emergency landing along the Mitchell Highway, 28 kilometres east of the Nyngan Aerodrome at around 11 am on Friday 24 January.
The Cirrus SR22 4-seater aircraft had engine problems and experienced a drop in oil pressure, according to the aviation authorities.
“I thought it was a drone coming towards me in the air, if I’d been in my van it would have hit the roof,” one user wrote on Facebook…