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BreakingNews.ie
3 days ago
- General
- BreakingNews.ie
Two killed as small plane crashes into house in Germany
A small plane has crashed into a residential building in western Germany as it approached an airport, and two people were killed, police said. The crash happened around midday on Saturday in Korschenbroich, near the city of Monchengladbach and not far from the Dutch border. Advertisement The plane hit the terrace of the building and a fire broke out, causing extensive damage to the house. Police said two people died including the plane's pilot, a 71-year-old woman, German news agency dpa reported. Investigators are working to identify the second victim. Of the three people registered as living in the building, two were not there at the time of the crash and later checked in with police. Advertisement The pilot had taken off from Alkersleben, near the eastern German city of Erfurt, on Saturday morning. She had planned to land at the airport in Monchengladbach, two miles from the crash site, but reported that she was having technical problems.
Sky News
3 days ago
- General
- Sky News
Two people die after small plane crashes into house in Germany
Two people have died after a small plane crashed into the terrace of a home in western Germany. The crash happened in Korschenbroich, near the city of Monchengladbach, not far from the Dutch border. The plane hit the terrace of the building and a fire broke out. Police said two people died and one of them is likely to have been the pilot of the aircraft, German news agency DPA reported. It wasn't immediately clear whether the other person had been in the plane or on the ground. Officials had no immediate information on the cause of the crash.
