Inquiry ordered on crash landing

The British Civil Aviation Authority has ordered an immediate inquiry into a crash landing of a cargo plane at Belfast International…

The British Civil Aviation Authority has ordered an immediate inquiry into a crash landing of a cargo plane at Belfast International Airport last night. Two crew members who were on a training flight on the Royal Mail Parcel Force plane escaped unhurt.

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing and it came down with the undercarriage "still retracted".

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