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Light aircraft lands on Almada beach, killing a man and an 8-year-old boy

aircraftAlmadaBeachA light aircraft made an emergency landing on S. João da Caparica beach, Almada, just to the south of Lisbon, killing two people, one of them was an 8-year-old boy. The captain of the port of Lisbon confirmed the other death was of a 56-year-old man

The two occupants of the aircraft needed no medical care and have been detained for questioning by the Maritime Police, according to Paulo Isabel, the port captain.

The Judicial Police service is standing by but will only intervene if the Public Prosecutor’s Office asks it to.

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