Wedding party shoots down plane
Mon 13 October, 2003 04:06 BST
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A two-seater sports plane on an unauthorised joyride was apparently shot down by mistake when it flew over a Serbian wedding party where guests were firing guns into the air, local media have reported. Two men were reported to have sustained serious injuries when their aircraft burst into flames and crashed near Kraljevo, central Serbia. “I heard shots from a wedding party which was very close to the crash site. Then I saw the plane in flames. It was shot in the left wing,” witness Zoran Vukadinovic told reporters on Sunday. “A few moments later, while attempting a crash landing, it was caught in overhead power cables,” he said. Local media said neither of the men held a pilot’s licence. Firing guns into the air at weddings and other celebrations is common in Serbia.
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They steal a plane, and have the misfortune to get SHOT DOWN? How’s THAT for luck? =)