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An airplane has lost a door at Lake Constance (symbol image)
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Jan Woitas / dpa
The door of a small plane became independent in the air over Baden-Württemberg and crashed into the garden of a social center in Meckenbeuren on Lake Constance.
Neither the pilot was injured nor people in the garden, the police said.
But now the pilot is in trouble.
The plane's electronic system informed the pilot about the malfunction of the door before takeoff, a police spokeswoman said.
However, he ignored the signal and took off from nearby Friedrichshafen Airport.
The 45-year-old must now face a possible procedure for endangering air traffic.
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