AN AIRPLANE mounted on a trailer was stranded on the Tampines Expressway (TPE) for more than an hour early yesterday morning, unable to pass under an overhead pedestrian bridge.

The Boeing 737-300, with its wings and nose removed, was being moved from Seletar Airport to the airport emergency services training ground of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) in Upper Changi Road, where it will be used for rescue and fire fighting training.

The trailer, bearing its gigantic cargo, was trundling down the extreme left lane of the expressway at about 1am when it came to the bridge. It had to slow down and stop.

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