Wheel on Expressway; training aircraft lands safely

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A private Cessna type training aircraft made an emergency landing at the Ratmalana domestic airport a short while ago after one of its wheels fell in the Millaniya area on to the Southern Expressway, the Air Force said.

However there were no reports of any injury due to the falling of the wheel and the aircraft had landed at the airport safely lthough it had veered off the runway without any damage to the aircraft.

The trainee pilot was taken to the hospital for medical observation.