A sports plane crashed on Thursday morning in Nordholz in the Cuxhaven district.
Two people were killed in the accident.
Cuxhaven - After taking off, a sport aircraft crashed on Thursday at an airfield in Nordholz near Cuxhaven (Lower Saxony).
As the police confirmed, the machine crashed into a forest after taking off at the sports airfield and was destroyed.
There is a high probability that there are two dead, said a spokesman.
Cuxhaven Nordholz: Light aircraft crashes after take-off in the forest
The aircraft accident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. as reported by the portal
cnv-medien.de
.
The two occupants were killed in the burning plane, it is said there.
It is said to have been a light aircraft.
According to the police, the identity of the victims has not yet been determined.
According to local media, however, the pilot is said to have been a club member of the sports airport with many years of flight experience.
Why the light aircraft crashed shortly after take-off is still unclear.
Information on the cause of the crash is initially not available.
The fire brigade, rescue workers and police are on duty.
The Federal Office for Aircraft Accident Research in Braunschweig had been informed.
(dpa / ml)
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