Plane touches down safely without landing gear

In this image taken from video, passengers alight after a light plane with three people aboard landed safely without landing gear at Newcastle Airport, Australia (Channel 10 via AP)

Rod McGuirk

A pilot in Australia has landed after a mechanical failure left the plane he was flying without working landing equipment.

The light plane had three people on board the plane, which remained in the sky for almost three hours until fuel ran out.