PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Paramedics say an elderly man received minor injuries Sunday when he was hit by the tail of his own plane in Peterborough, Ont.
Spokesman Chris Barry says the 80-year-old was trying to manually start the small plane by spinning the propeller when the rear of the plane swung around.
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He says the tail struck the man, knocking him to the ground.
Barry says the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. near a hangar at the Peterborough Airport.
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The man was taken to hospital for observation.
Fire officials initially said two people were taken to hospital, but paramedics said the second person merely accompanied the injured man to the hospital.
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