29 Sep, 2016 @ 15:59
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s plane crashes in Spain

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NINTCHDBPICT000270781437CRISTIANO RONALDO’S private jet has crash landed after its landing gear broke on impact.

The plane crash landed at Barcelona’s El Prat airport on Monday night in what was described as a ‘terrifying accident’.

Witnesses said emergency services raced to the scene while the runway was temporarily closed.

Luckily no one was seriously hurt.

Ronaldo's plane that has crashed upon landing at Barcelona's El Prat airport.

The pilot was treated for minor injuries and Ronaldo is not thought to have been on board.

The Real Madrid football star bought the plane for €17 million last year and often rents it out to private companies, one of whom was using it when it crashed.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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