Plane lands on beach, flips over

BEIJING,April 18-- Beachgoers in Australia had a lucky escape
yesterday when a small plane crash-landed in the sand then flipped over in the
sea. The two pilots also survived the accident.

Phil Walters and his co-pilot were flying the single-propeller Piper Cub
towing an advertising banner above the tourist town of Caloundra, Queensland,
state when the engine stalled.

Walters told Network Ten television that he spotted a patch of empty sand
on Shelley beach and began sliding toward it. Witnesses said the plane hit the
sand, flipped and came down in the shallows.

(Source: China Daily)