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    Couple survives plane crash into power cable

    BERLIN
    Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:43pm EDT

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    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)
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