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Emergency landing in Ceylon for an US military aircraft

Colombo, Ceylon - The plane carried 110 US soldiers

Yesterday night an US Air Force’s aircraft, which was carrying 110 soldiers, was obliged to an emergency landing in Ceylon. The plane took off from Hawaii to Male, Maldives’ capital, but was redirected to Colombo after that the pilot detected smoke in the cockpit. US Embassy in Ceylon confirmed the event specifying that the landing happened without problems in the only international airport of the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 137731
Rome, Italy, 03/17/2006 14:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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