Plane scare shakes City directors

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City's board of directors survived an engine blowout in a plane on their way home from the Premier League match at Portsmouth.

No one in the 14-strong group was injured after the pilot made an emergency landing at Farnborough Airport in Surrey just 10 minutes into the flight.

"I can honestly say I've never been so scared," the club's director of football Dennis Tueart said afterwards.

"There was a big bang and a lot of sparks and some fumes...but I have to say the pilot did a fantastic job to get us down in one piece."

Tueart and his fellow board members completed their journey back to Manchester by coach.

City lost their match to Portsmouth 4-2.

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