Light aircraft crashes at Childers Aerodrome
A man has been rushed to hospital with back injuries after a light aircraft crash in regional Queensland.
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A man has been rushed to hospital with back injuries after a light aircraft crash at Childers on Saturday.
Ambulance and fire crews were tasked to the scene in response to the emergency.
A spokeswoman from the Queensland Ambulance Service said the man, aged in his 50s, was taken to Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition after the crash after being assessed by paramedics.
The crash happened at Childers Aerodrome.
A spokesman from the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service said the pilot had been able to self-extricate from the aircraft.
He said one crew had been at the scene to contain a fuel leak from the aircraft.
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