A cargo plane has landed on the road after overshooting the runway at Bergamo Airport in Italy.
The nose of the Boeing 737-400 smashed through a fence and motorway barriers after losing control on landing.
The flight, which had come from Paris, lost control while landing at Orio Al Serio airport at around 4am this morning.
Cargo plane crashes on to road in Italy – https://t.co/GYDHNc5Ys3 pic.twitter.com/RpuzOaibhg
— News24 (@news24tvchannel) August 5, 2016
Pictures have emerged on social media of the crash, with the plane coming within inches of oncoming traffic.
10:30 JUST IN: cargo plane flying from Paris overshoots the runway before crashing on to busy road pic.twitter.com/wmQ3tGrD5f via @usalama_app
— Ma3Route (@Ma3Route) August 5, 2016
A raft of Ryanair flights have been cancelled this morning as the authorities deal with the incident.
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