Plane loses power mid-flight above Sydney homes before skidding across airport tarmac

This is the moment a pilot managed to steer a plane clear of homes in Sydney after it lost power mid-flight.

Australian news channel Nine, captured footage of the plane skimming over homes and roads, before it made an emergency landing, skidding across the tarmac at Bankstown Airport on Saturday (25 May).

The pilot can be heard making a May Day call moments before he is forced to land.

Thankfully both the pilot and passenger were uninjured in the incident.