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| Two planes spotted flying under Kessock Bridge | Two planes spotted flying under Kessock Bridge |
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| Police are investigating a report that two planes may have flown under a bridge in an incident of "unofficial aeronautical acrobatics". | Police are investigating a report that two planes may have flown under a bridge in an incident of "unofficial aeronautical acrobatics". |
| Three aircraft, thought to be seaplanes, were seen flying past the Kessock Bridge to Inverness at about 13:15 on Tuesday. | Three aircraft, thought to be seaplanes, were seen flying past the Kessock Bridge to Inverness at about 13:15 on Tuesday. |
| Two of the planes were said to have flown underneath the bridge. | Two of the planes were said to have flown underneath the bridge. |
| They were then reported to have met up with the third aircraft before continuing their flight. | They were then reported to have met up with the third aircraft before continuing their flight. |
| Police have launched an investigation and appealed for information about the incident. | Police have launched an investigation and appealed for information about the incident. |
| Pilots have previously been criticised for risky flying in the Highlands. | |
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| In the summer of 2003, two Spanish pilots received a police warning after they flew light aircraft under Ballachulish Bridge on Loch Leven. | |
| The incident came just three weeks after a helicopter was reported to have flown under the Skye Bridge twice on successive days. | |
| Police investigated claims in June 2006 that four microlight helicopter pilots flew through the RAF's bombing range near Tain in Easter Ross. | |
| The incident, which drew an official complaint from the RAF, came just days after the same pilots were spotted flying under a railway viaduct at Croy, Inverness-shire. | |
| It was also alleged that they flew low over Dunrobin Castle, near Golspie. |