Horror moment plane CRASHES on golf course injuring two as golfers rush to help pilot instructor & student on board
Terrifying footage showed golfers enjoying a round before the light aircraft tumbled out of the sky.
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The clip shows a Piper Cherokee plane making an emergency landing at the course in the Sydney suburb of Mona Vale.
Two men in their 50s miraculously survived the horror crash despite the aircraft ploughing straight into the ground.
And the plane also did not hit anyone on the golf course.
Flight records show they took off from Camden at around 1pm local time and were set to fly to Wollongong.
Onlookers could be heard screaming in horror as the plane hurtled towards the golf course.
The terrifying clip shows the aircraft narrowly missing golfers on the ground in the moments before impact.
Bystanders immediately rushed over to help at the crash site - with one person heard yelling "f***" as the golfers dashed to the rescue.
The body of the aircraft mostly remained in one piece, although scraps of debris were strewn across the course.
The plane's occupants were a pilot instructor and a student, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
They reportedly suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene by paramedics.
After this, they were taken to the Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is gathering information about the incident, according to reports.
Last month, another small plane crashed into a busy highway in northern Italy.
Two people died in the fireball when the light aircraft slammed into the road.
A video shows the plane nosediving towards the tarmac before exploding upon impact.
Flames engulfed the crash site in the immediate aftermath, leading to the suspension of traffic in both directions.
The tragedy took place in Brescia province.
It resulted in the complete destruction of the plane, with no one on board surviving.
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