GERMANY: Three dead as plane crashes into group

A small plane has crashed in the central Germany, killing three people. The single-engine Cessna hit a group of people clustered by an airfield on Wasserkuppe mountain near the town of Fulda in Hesse state on Sunday. The plane was reportedly trying to gain height after a failed landing and crashed through an airport fence […]

GERMANY: Three dead as plane crashes into group

GERMANY: Three dead as plane crashes into group

A small plane has crashed in the central Germany, killing three people.

The single-engine Cessna hit a group of people clustered by an airfield on Wasserkuppe mountain near the town of Fulda in Hesse state on Sunday.

The plane was reportedly trying to gain height after a failed landing and crashed through an airport fence at about 15:45 (13:45 GMT).

Reports say two adults and a 10-year-old boy were killed in the crash, and eight more were injured.

The weather was reportedly fair at the time, and the cause of the crash is not yet known.