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On Friday afternoon just before 1 p.m., one of the World War II-era aircraft flying over Washington D.C. in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe had to make an emergency landing. According to one witness, the aircraft experienced a fire and had to land.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority told CBS News the plane had a mechanical issue and no one was injured. The plane, called Curtiss Helldiver, was able land safely at the Reagan National Airport.
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The flyover event was about an hour long with multiple planes zooming past D.C. memorials at low altitudes. The planes flew over the Washington Mall as part of America's celebration of the end of the war.
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