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Shares rally on better bank news ... US state of Indiana after a sky-diving plane lost power 7,000ft (2,100m) from the ground.
The pilot told the 14 skydivers on board to jump to safety, then crash-landed the plane.
The malfunction caused oil to spray on the windscreen, limiting the pilot's visibility, and he lost manual control.
The plane found its runway but overshot and came to a halt in a field, turning over as its propellers hit the ground.
The parachutists, who all landed without incident, were able to watch the plane's descent, near the town of Greensburg.
Bob Dougherty, who owns the company SkyDive Greensburg, said the plane was climbing when the engine cut out.
The pilot levelled off the plane at 5,000ft so that the jumpers could evacuate the plane.
The engine threw thick smoke and oil up onto the windscreen, and manual controls were lost as he tried to steer the plane back to the airport.
Somehow he managed to find the runway, but it was too short and the plane ran into a nearby cornfield. He was able to crawl out of the wreckage.
"He just ran out of runway, but he was able to put the plane in a place where nobody would get hurt," Mr Dougherty told the Greensburg Daily News newspaper.
"It's a loss, but 15 people walked away because everybody performed professionally," he said.
(BBC)
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