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Old 2nd Jun 2002, 15:30
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Just read this on net:

One killed as jet crashes on M-way
3:50pm Sunday, 02rd June 2002

One person has been killed when an aircraft slid on to a motorway after its brakes failed on landing.

The privately-owned L39 jet failed to stop on the runway at Duxford and careered on to the normally busy M11 motorway, Cambridgeshire police say.

Amazingly the jet did not hit any cars before coming to a stop.

Cambridgeshire Ambulance Service says one person was killed.

The motorway was closed in both directions.

The plane, which was not part of a flying a display, came to rest lying across both carriageways, a police spokeswoman added.

A far as a spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire ambulance is aware there were no other passengers in the plane.

A spokeswoman for Duxford Airfield says no members of the public had been involved in the incident.

The airfield is at the site of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is investigating the accident.