A light aircraft on a training flight was badly damaged when it had to make a crash landing in Kercem at around 3.15pm this afternoon.

The flight instructor and student were on a routine training flight and were both unhurt in the incident.

The light aircraft was one used by the European Flight Academy. The Director of Training, at the academy, Capt. Jonh Dixon, said that the cause of the accident was as yet unknown. No equipement malfunctions had been reported prior to the forced landing.

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