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Young pilot fights for life after plane crash on remote Queensland farm   A young pilot is fighting for his life after his plane crashed on a remote Queensland farm on Monday morning.   The 25-year-old man was flying an ultralight plane at a property near Isisford, a small town about 100 kilometres south of Longreach.   The man suffered critical head injuries as well as face and leg damage when the plane went down before 9am, a Royal Flying Doctor Service spokesman said.   He was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, landing before 2pm.

Small plane crashes onto NSW beach in front of shocked onlookers   Beachgoers were forced to run for their lives as a small plane came crashing onto the sand of a New South Wales beach late yesterday. Paul Tridgell was flying with a single passenger when his small plane started to malfunction. "The engine started running very roughly, backfiring. Wouldn't give me any power to climb, I was at about 1000 feet," Mr Tridgell told Today.   He was forced to perform a crash landing on Racecourse Beach, Ulladulla, at about 6:20pm. Officers attached to the South Coast police district attended the scene, with inquiries commenced to determine the circumstances of the crash. Both occupants escaped without injury.