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DARK SECRETS: Miracle pilot cheats death as plane crash lands and bursts into flames in longford - The Real Truth

A pilot miraculously walked away unscathed when his light aircraft burst into flames seconds after being forced into an emergency landing along the Longford-Westmeath border yesterday.

The plane, which burst into flames following the emergency manoeuvre, came down in a field five kilometres from Abbeyshrule Airfield in Co Longford at around 10am.

The pilot, multi-time Irish Aerobatic champion Dave Bruton, amazingly escaped serious injury after it is believed the light aircraft's engine seized mid-flight.

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