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t's what you call real plane spotting! Enthusiasts come within inches of death after military aircraft loses track Crowd watching 1000 final landing of military aircraft in Ballenstedt airfield in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany But pilot 31-ton C-160 Transall aircraft suddenly informed that he could not see the runway beginning of his cockpit Aircraft brought down a side street where observers were standing and almost ended up being crushed

For an intrepid band of plane spotters was the most dramatic experience of their lives - and almost the last thing he saw.

A crowd of about 1,000 gathered to watch the final landing of a military plane that was about to be turned off after many years of service.

Everything seemed to be going well as the Transall C-160 approached the airfield Ballenstedt in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany.