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McLaren's Boullier involved in emergency landing

McLaren's Eric Boullier was aboard a single-engined Cessna aircraft which was involved in an emergency landing on Sunday morning as it flew from Le Mans in France to the United Kingdom. Boullier and Zak Brown, founder of motorsport marketing agency JMI, were aboard the aircraft when it suffered a complete electrical failure, losing all communications and instruments. The pair were approaching the English Channel when the decision was made by pilot Alastair Breckon, the only other person on board, to return to Le Mans for an emergency landing. Brown, speaking to Motorsport, explained that they were forced to drop altitude to allow Boullier to contact Le Mans airport on his mobile,...
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