SYDNEY: Six people have walked safely to shore after a light plane crash off Darwin's coastline at East Point on Friday.The Piper Chieftain had just left Darwin Airport travelling to the remote Northern Territory community of Maningrida when the pilot started to experience engine trouble.Local residents say they saw the plane ditch onto a sandbar. The pilot managed to safely land in the low tide shallow water. He's been lauded by emergency services for doing an extraordinary job of getting the plane down without injuries. The five passengers, who work for Darwin-based information technology services company Connected Solutions Group (CSG) and the pilot, walked the 200 metres to shore.
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