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USA: plane takes off from the highway and crashes in a fence

Great Bend , USA - The pilot reported only minor injuries. He will probably charged

Kenneth Doonan decided on Wednesday to use the K-156 highway near Great Bend, Kansas, as runway to takeoff with his Aviat A-1B Husky aircraft, but a gust of wind made him flip ending in a side-road ditch before crashing into a fence. The pilot reported only minor injuries. Local police said they will ask Doonan why he used the highway as a runway, that is not only illegal but also very dangerous....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103073
Rome, Italy, 04/17/2009 16:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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