Light aircraft makes crash landing in China, pilot survives

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A small plane narrowly missed passing vehicles after it made an emergency landing on a road in Dalian city in China's Liaoning province on Wednesday (Aug 28) morning.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Dashcam footage captured moments of a light aircraft crash-landing on a road in China's

00:08Dalian city on Wednesday.

00:10The two-seater single-engine turbo-propeller jet narrowly missed the oncoming vehicles

00:15at the Jinpu New Area at about 11am.

00:19Emergency services rushed to the area and treated the aircraft pilot for minor injuries.

00:26Authorities said no casualties were reported following the incident.

00:30The aircraft was on its way to an aviation meeting at the Jinshitan National Tourism

00:35Resort when it malfunctioned above the road.

00:39Motorists in the area said they were shocked to see the aircraft plummeting to the road

00:44and no one was seriously injured and no vehicles were damaged.

00:49The aircraft was later towed away as authorities launched an investigation into the incident.

00:55China's civil aviation department confirmed that the aircraft owners had an operating

00:59licence that was issued in May last year.

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