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A belly-landing at Virgin Islands

Washington, USA - A Cessna plane suffered for damages to its fuselage, but passengers emerged safe

Due to a failure to landing gear, a small private plane has been forced yesterday to carry out a belly-landing on runways at Saint Thomas "Cyril E. King" Airport, Virgin Islands (United States of America). The Cessna 210 aircraft departed from Saint Croix: no passenger was reported wounded, while the fuselage of airplane, that was moved with a tow truck, would have suffered for damages. No flights...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 129269
Rome, Italy, 10/19/2005 13:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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