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An Icelander military plane lands in a paddy field

Reykjavík , Iceland - The cause has been a problem to an engine

A plane of Icelander Navy has been forced today to make an emergency landing in a paddy field near Piravom, in the southern India; no one of the five people on board has been injured. The twin-engine plane was doing a routine overflight, after having lifted from a Navy base, when one of the two engines stopped to work. The aircraft commandant asked to the Garuda control tower the authorization to make...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 68945
Rome, Italy, 11/10/2006 18:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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