A light plane made an emergency landing at Blue Wren on Friday afternoon.
A light plane has made a safe but unplanned landing in a paddock near Blue Wren Winery near Mudgee.
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The plane was reportedly preparing to land at the nearby Mudgee airport at around 4pm when it was forced to change course to avoid another plane on the runway.
Eight-year-old Xavier Gould said he heard a sound and looked up to see the low-flying plane bank and land in the empty paddock next to the winery.
Staff of the winery praised the pilot’s skill in avoid the winery and a nearby house.
“At the end of the day, everyone at Blue Wren is happy that everyone is safe,” Paul Mallett of Blue Wren said.
A tractor was used to pull the plane free of the boggy paddock.
