Cambodian man lands 'airplane' house in rice field


SIEM REAP, Cambodia, March 24, 2023 (AFP): A Cambodian airplane fanatic has built his house shaped like a private jet -- despite never having been up in the air himself.

Construction worker Chrach Peou spent his US$20,000 life savings building the concrete "plane" -- complete with wings, tailfin, landing gear and engines -- near the town of Siem Reap, gateway to the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

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