Brompton Road is also rumoured to be where Nazi deputy Rudolf Hess was held when he was captured after crash-landing a light aircraft in Scotland in May 1941.

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Light from the landing outside, showed his father was sitting on the bed and his step-mother lying beside him.

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In 1955, Croft joined the newly launched ITV network, landing a job as head of scripts in the light entertainment department at Associated Rediffusion, which then held the franchise for the London area.

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The high-intensity light can dazzle pilots during take-off and landing when shone at aircraft.

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Japanese aviation officials said data from a Boeing Dreamliner that made an emergency landing show no evidence the battery was overcharged, shedding new light on what went wrong.

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According to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the high intensity light can dazzle pilots during the crucial phases of take-off and landing.

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In 1987, a 19-year-old West German, Mathias Rust, flew his light plane from Helsinki to Moscow, passing through Soviet airspace unchallenged and eventually landing on Red Square.

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