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Couple rescued from plane dangling in power line

by julianw | August 18, 2008 at 11:34 am

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In the second dramatic plane crash in two days, a light aircraft crashed into power lines near Durach in the Allgaeu region of Germany. After hanging upside down in the power lines for three hours, the passengers, a German couple, were rescued.

A German couple had a lucky escape after their light aircraft hit a 380,000 volt power line and then hung upside down from a wheel for nearly three hours.

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Police officer Edmund Martin said: "They had a very, very lucky accident."

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Emergency services freed the pair suspended 20 metres (65 feet) from the ground with a hydraulic lift after a helicopter rescue was ruled out as too dangerous.