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GB: electric system is out and he lands with a torch

Cardiff, United Kingdom - A 45 year old man with his Cessna made perfectly the manoeuvre

An incredible landing was done in England, where a man managed to make an emergency landing with his private plane despite a breakdown of the electric system and the lights were out. So John George, 45, was forced to land only using a torch. The emergency landing has been done yesterday near Cardiff airport. The man was flying nightly with a friend of him when suddenly the Cessna's electrical system...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 70495
Rome, Italy, 11/29/2006 18:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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