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Berlin: Three people were killed and several injured when a light aircraft crashed on Sunday in front of a group of spectators in Germany, media reports quoted the police as saying.
The Cessna hit two adults and a child on an airfield located on the Wasserkuppe plateau, about 950 meters above sea level, in the center of the state of Hesse, the press agency reported. national DPA.
The accident occurred around 1:45 pm GMT, on a clear day, when the pilot stopped a landing maneuver and sought to regain height.
Bild One newspaper reported that eight others were injured, citing the local police.
Police said the victims, two women and a child of nine or ten years old, were on a trail near a Wasserkuppe aerodrome when the accident occurred.
Five other people – the four aboard the plane and an eyewitness – were in shock.
The plane would have come from the Mannheim area, in southwestern Germany, and would have made a trip to the Wasserkuppe.
