There were cricket and football matches were underway during the crash.
An unfortunate incident happened in Sydney when a plane crashed into the sporting field at Cromer Park on Saturday. The plane crashed around 30 kilometers from Sydney Olympic Park, where the Indian cricket team is in quarantine.
Local cricketers and football players survived a scare after a light plane crashed. There were cricket and football matches underway during the crash. The players ran for their lives after seeing the plane approaching. It missed the sporting shed and many lives were saved.
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"I yelled out to the guys in the shed, I just said run. They started running," Greg Rollins, the senior vice-president of the Cromer Cricket Club was quoted as saying.
Scott Manning, whose father and girlfriend were inside the sporting shed told Nine Network, "I ran screaming and he [the pilot] somehow just got over the top of that shed. That would have taken out, I'm sure, 12 people."
The plane crashed after its engine stalled mid-air. Luckily, the two occupants of the plane survived despite the injuries.
Indian cricket team has started outdoor training ahead of the T20I series against Australia, starting on November 27.