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Two killed in Portugal beach plane crash | |
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A man and a child have been killed after a light aircraft made an emergency landing on a beach in Portugal. | A man and a child have been killed after a light aircraft made an emergency landing on a beach in Portugal. |
Authorities said the incident took place on Sao Joao beach in Caparica, south-west of Lisbon. | |
The National Maritime Authority said a middle-aged man and a young girl died after they were unable to avoid the plane. | |
The plane's only two occupants were unharmed, it added. | |
The Diario de Noticias newspaper quoted an eyewitness who said the plane had been flying at a low altitude over the beach, although he did not realise anything was wrong until other beachgoers began running. | |
Other reports said the victims had been sunbathing when the plane made its emergency landing. | Other reports said the victims had been sunbathing when the plane made its emergency landing. |
The Associated Press news agency said the girl who died had been with her parents, who were unhurt. The agency quoted witnesses from local television broadcasts. | |
Joao Quadros, who was on the beach, tweeted photos of the aftermath, saying the plane had passed by his son by a matter of metres. There had been no noise, he said. | |
Video footage from the scene carried by local broadcasters showed a small recreational plane parked on the sand, apparently intact and surrounded by beachgoers and emergency workers. One wing seemed to be misaligned in those photos. | |
The cause of the emergency landing remains unclear. |