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    Couple survives plane crash into power cable

    BERLIN
    Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:18am EDT

    BERLIN (Reuters) - 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.

    Oddly Enough

    "They had a very, very lucky accident," said police officer Edmund Martin at the scene in Durach, southern Germany.

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

    The couple suffered only minor injuries.

    (Reporting by David Milliken, editing by Dave Graham)
    Oddly Enough


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