AnonyJ
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I thought I'd inaugurate this thread as a home for plane/aircraft/high-flying oddness and strange stories in the news.
I'm kicking off with a emergency landing made today on the main A40 road near Cheltenham as reported on https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66468326
A light aircraft has made a forced landing on a main commuter road in Gloucestershire after a suspected engine failure.
Emergency services are at the scene on the A40 Golden Valley close to the village of Churchdown, near Cheltenham.
Gloucestershire Police are in attendance and confirmed the plane came down shortly before 18:00 BST.
A spokesperson for the force said: "No-one was injured and it is understood that no other vehicles were involved."
It is understood people got out of the aircraft and made it to safety....
Somehow the pilot managed to land on the central reservation of the dual carriageway at the tail end of rush hour!
For some reason the embedded Twitter media player is not appearing but a video is at the link
I'm kicking off with a emergency landing made today on the main A40 road near Cheltenham as reported on https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66468326
A light aircraft has made a forced landing on a main commuter road in Gloucestershire after a suspected engine failure.
Emergency services are at the scene on the A40 Golden Valley close to the village of Churchdown, near Cheltenham.
Gloucestershire Police are in attendance and confirmed the plane came down shortly before 18:00 BST.
A spokesperson for the force said: "No-one was injured and it is understood that no other vehicles were involved."
It is understood people got out of the aircraft and made it to safety....
Somehow the pilot managed to land on the central reservation of the dual carriageway at the tail end of rush hour!
For some reason the embedded Twitter media player is not appearing but a video is at the link
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