A fisherman was knocked unconscious this afternoon by a light plane that had run out of fuel and was making an emergency landing on Matata Beach in Whakatane. The Matata Volunteer Fire Brigade was called at 2.34pm to reports an unconscious person was lying on the beach. The man was brought to the fire station suffering moderate head injuries. Advertisement"There has got to be something crazy unluckly going on for that man to be hit by a plane on the beach." Police confirmed a glider had crashlanded on the beach at 2.30pm today and its wing had hit a fisherman.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 05, 2017 11:03 UTC