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Small aircraft from flying school lands on Quebec highway

Jan. 28, 2008, Montreal - No injuries are reported after a small airplane from a flying school made an emergency landing on a highway outside of Quebec City.


January 28, 2008  By The Canadian Press

Jan. 28, 2008, Montreal – No injuries are reported after a small airplane from a
flying school made an emergency landing on a highway outside of
Quebec City.

Quebec provincial police say the airplane landed after losing
power during the flight just before noon Saturday.

They say the Cessna was forced to avoid a vehicle on the highway
during the landing.

It then skidded across the pavement, hit a snow bank and flipped
onto its roof.

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Police say the plane's occupants, a teacher and student, were not
injured. No vehicles on the ground were damaged.

The national Transportation Safety Board has launched an
investigation.

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