(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A 21-year-old student pilot made an emergency landing at a regional airport in Australia on Monday (January 7).<br/> <br />The local Herald Sun newspaper online reported that the Piper Warrior had lost its back right-hand wheel shortly after take-off. The flight instructor assisted the young pilot via radio as the student circled the airport for five hours to burn off fuel, the report added.<br/> <br />The solo flying trainee managed to get the plane down safely at a small airport in the town of Mangalore, 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of Melbourne.<br/> <br />After the landing the pilot, who the Herald Sun reported to be Chinese, was helped out of the plane and walked to an ambulance.<br/> <br />The student has 120 hours of flight time experience, the Herald Sun said.
