This is the dramatic moment a light aircraft crash-landed on a motorway in front of oncoming cars in China this morning.
The two-seater single-engine turbo-propeller jet had been taking part in a flight meeting when it malfunctioned above the highway in Dalian, Liaodong province, shortly before 11 am.
Dashcam footage shows the plane plummeting to earth before hitting the central reservation on the road. The emergency services rushed to the area and reportedly treated the pilot for minor injuries.
The Chinese-made Sunward SA60L Aurora with the registration B-10KP was later towed away.
A shocked driver told local media: We were delivering goods and it was one or two minutes after the plane fell when we passed by.
When we saw it, it was already on the ground. No one was seriously injured, and no vehicles were damaged on the side we were driving on.'
The eyewitness said that the plane that fell was not a large civil aircraft.
They added: 'It was either a private or a sightseeing plane, very small.'
Police said that the aircraft was taking part in an aviation meet at the Jinshitan National Tourism Resort. Management at the event said the incident was being investigated.
The country's civil aviation department confirmed that the owners had an operating license that was issued in May 2023.
A spokesman from the Office of Emergency Management Bureau of Dalian Jinpu New Area Management Committee said that staff from the business department had gone to the scene to handle the situation. They said there were no casualties.
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