Two people have had a lucky escape after their "gyrocopter boat" crashed into the waters of Lake Macquarie. Footage: Madeline Link, Production: Jessica Brown
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00:00 [MACHINERY WHIRRING]
00:03 We just grabbed a coffee, and we saw the gyrocopter
00:22 coming in the land.
00:24 So we said, we'll wander down and have a look.
00:26 And he was down in the middle of the lake
00:28 for probably five minutes, and then decided to take off.
00:32 And he seemed to be getting up to speed,
00:35 virtually ready to take off.
00:37 And maybe hit a little wave, and just cartwheeled over,
00:41 nosedive.
00:43 So you just saw the thing flip?
00:44 Yeah.
00:45 Yeah.
00:46 What happened then?
00:48 Well, a boat come to me straight over there.
00:51 And one boat swam towards the boat for me.
00:54 Yeah.
00:54 And the other one stayed with it.
00:56 So we had a line to the draft gyrocopter.
01:00 One fell and got into the boat.
01:01 The other one stayed with the copter.
01:03 [MACHINERY WHIRRING]
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