DHAKA: A wealthy businessman who landed his private plane on a highway in central India this week had been flying without a licence.

Reports said on Thursday, according to The Straits Times.

The four-seater plane landed safely on the four-lane highway in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh state on Tuesday after becoming caught in rough weather, reports said.

Video footage showed it descending over trees and power poles before coming in for a bumpy landing on the highway, about 180 kilometres from state capital Bhopal.

A small crowd of people gathered around the Piper Navajo plane as trucks and police cars pulled up nearby.

BDST: 1950 HRS, JAN 02, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor