By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

A PILOT and student pilot on a training flight Tuesday morning were able to walk away unscathed after ditching their small plane in shallow waters off Grand Bahama.

Veteran Bahamian pilot Roosevelt Major was conducting a training session sometime after 9am when the single engine blue and white Cessna aircraft 152 started experiencing mechanical difficulties.

He contacted Air Traffic Control at the Grand Bahama International Airport and informed them that he was going down.

Mr Major, an experienced pilot, was able to ditch the plane in shallow waters off Dover’s Sound, some five miles east of the airport.

Police and EMS personnel were dispatched to the Dover’s Sound area, near the old Dairy Farm, to render assistance, however, neither the pilot nor the student was hurt. “Both persons on board survived the crash landing and were able to walk away from the aircraft unharmed,” said Inspector Terecita Pinder.

She said police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.