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Plane carrying Welsh national soccer team makes emergency landing

An airplane carrying the Welsh national soccer team was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday because of a cracked windscreen.

The plane took off from Cardiff, Wales, at 2:30 p.m. and landed 30 minutes later in Bournemouth.

The flight, which was carrying the Wales squad, coaching staff and officials, was bound for Prague, Czech Republic, for the team's 2008 European Championship qualifier against the Czechs on Saturday.

The team and officials were to take a different plane to continue the journey.

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