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Driving lesson on the runway, tragedy skimmed in the Philippines

Manila, Philippines - Civil aviation chief, ill-considered "Teacher's" father, has been suspended from service

Luis Santo Domingo used Legazpi, in the Philippines, airport's runway to give his girlfriend driving lessons, and risked to provoke a disaster. It was just for a 80-passenger Cebu Pacific Airways's pilot that the tragedy was avoided: just after touching the ground he noticed the car and immediately brought the plane back in the air. Some moments of fear but nothing more for the passenger, including...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1101405
Rome, Italy, 03/18/2009 12:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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