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Pilot and son in miracle escape from ocean emergency

Michelle Yeates has worked as a commercial pilot for just seven months. Photo: Facebook/Michelle Yeates

A woman has been praised for her quick-thinking after she and her son swam to safety after being forced to ditch their light plane in the sea off a Perth beach.

Michelle Yeates, 45, and her 15-year-old son had to swim to shore after the engine stalled on their Piper Aircraft Corp and they crashed into the sea off Leighton Beach in North Fremantle.

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