Three killed as light aircraft hits onlookers in Germany
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Published: 14 Oct, 2018 CET.
Updated: Sun 14 Oct 2018 21:37 CET
Three people were killed and several injured when a light aircraft crashed into a group of onlookers in Germany on Sunday.
The Cessna plane hit two adults and a child at an airfield on the approximately 950-metre high Wasserkuppe plateau in the central state of Hesse, reported DPA.
According to the police, the pilot failed to align the plane with the runway for landing and tried to lift off once again, but the aircraft lost power and crashed into a group of passers-by just outside the airfield.
The accident happened at around 2.45pm, in clear weather conditions.
Bild reported that another eight people had been injured. Hesse broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk said that the pilot was not injured.
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The Cessna plane hit two adults and a child at an airfield on the approximately 950-metre high Wasserkuppe plateau in the central state of Hesse, reported DPA.
According to the police, the pilot failed to align the plane with the runway for landing and tried to lift off once again, but the aircraft lost power and crashed into a group of passers-by just outside the airfield.
The accident happened at around 2.45pm, in clear weather conditions.
Bild reported that another eight people had been injured. Hesse broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk said that the pilot was not injured.
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