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Cessna 210 crash lands at Namibian airport

Xinhua,May 24, 2018 Adjust font size:

WINDHOEK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A Cessna 210 aircraft with only a trainee pilot on board landed on its belly at the Eros Airport in Namibian capital Windhoek on Tuesday morning, the Namibia Airports Company announced.

The trainee pilot, who owns the plane, survived the crash.

The aircraft has since been removed from the runway and no significant damage to the airport facilities was observed. Operations at the airport have been back to normal. Enditem