A plane landed upside down in a field near Drimmelen on Saturday morning. The accident on the Ruilverkavelingsweg happened around a quarter to twelve. The pilot escaped unhurt. “I was upside down in the seatbelts.”
“An engine failure occurred when I flew between Drimmelen and the Biesbosch,” says pilot Willem Ketelaars from Bosschenhoofd, who was the only one on the plane. “That malfunction was such that I could no longer reach the field in Seppe, where I had taken off. There were explosions from the engine, which lost all power. Then I had no other option than to immediately make an emergency landing.”
“The plane suddenly jerked forward as the wheels touched the ground.”
He quickly informed air traffic control of the impending emergency landing. “It must have taken two minutes all together.”
The plane then flipped over in the field. “It’s very loose sand here,” explains Willem – who has ten years of flying experience. “As soon as I hit the ground with the wheels, the plane suddenly jerked forward. I ended up upside down in the seat belts. Then I was able to climb out of the plane. I escaped with a fright.”
