Plane Crashes On Japan Golf Course

A light aircraft made a crash landing on a golf course in Japan, with one person on board who survived

A light aircraft made a crash landing on a golf course in Japan, with just the pilot on board who survived

Plane Crashes On Japan Golf Course

A light aircraft has crashed at the Himeji Aioi Country Club in south-west Japan.

It had one man on board who has survived without life-threatening injuries.

Related: Watch as plane makes emergency landing on golf course

The plane made an emergency landing at the golf course in the Kansai region, according to local police and Japanese news outlet xinhuanet.com.

Pictures show the wreckage.

The local fire department said the aircraft had just the pilot onboard, a male, who somehow escaped without life-threatening injuries.

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They said the pilot managed to walk away, and asked for help from a guesthouse at the golf course.

 

The local police and fire departments are investigating the accident.

Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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