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Old 15th September 2003 | 19:36
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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The Broussard didn't intentionally land on the M62. He had a major oil leak from the CSU while in the circuit (for 09, IIRC). With very limited visibility due oil all over the screen he put it into a field. The field wasn't long enough, and the aeroplane went through the far hedge and down the embankment onto the motorway.

It squashed a passing 2CV (unfortunatly, with fatal results for one of the 2CV occupants, also IIRC).

Moral - never, ever consider buying a 2CV.

Re the Trafford Centre Cessna. I beleive it was trucked in - LAC did a similar publicity promotion in central Manchester a few years ago, with a trucked-in Cessna.

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