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Two Killed After Light Aircraft Crashes in Germany

From Helsingin Sanomat · () Finnish

Translated from Finnish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Two people died and two others were seriously injured when a small aircraft crashed in Viernheim, Hesse, while approaching an airfield in nearby Weinheim.
  • The victims who died were a 76-year-old passenger and a 67-year-old man believed to have been the pilot.
  • A 40-year-old woman and a three-year-old child were taken to hospital, while the cause of the crash remained unknown.

Two people died when a small aircraft crashed in Hesse on Sunday while approaching an airfield for landing, German newspaper Der Spiegel reported.

The dead were a 76-year-old passenger and a 67-year-old man believed to have been the pilot. A 40-year-old woman and a three-year-old child suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital.

South Hesse police said the aircraft had been approaching the airfield in Weinheim, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, but crashed in Viernheim, Hesse. The two towns are only a few kilometers apart. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

An aviation club was holding a summer festival at Weinheim airfield over the weekend, with several aerobatic displays listed on the program. The club temporarily closed its website shortly after the crash.

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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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