One dead as plane crashes on motorway

It has been confirmed that one person has been killed when an aircraft slid on to a British motorway after its brakes failed while trying to land.

It has been confirmed that one person has been killed when an aircraft slid on to a British motorway after its brakes failed while trying to land.

The privately-owned jet failed to stop on the runway at Duxford and careered on to the normally busy M11 motorway, Cambridgeshire police say.

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