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Plane carrying Liverpool FC owner comes off runway as pilot loses control

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jet skidded 30m off a runway after the pilot lost control of nose wheel steering while landing, an air crash report says. The plane ploughed through a grass verge after the airman accidentally hit the brakes while acting "on instinct" trying to right the aircraft.

Mike Gordon, the president of Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group was onboard with three others but nobody was hurt at Liverpool John Lennon Airport last December, the Liverpool Echo reports.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the nose wheel steering failed and the aircraft departed the runway after “directional control” was lost.It found that both pilots were “alert and engaged” and a technical fault followed by 'inadvertent" braking caused the plane to skid off.

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