Pilot and co-pilot die in small plane crash at German steel plant

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2025-04-13

Hanover, Germany (dpa) - A small plane crashed on a factory site in northern Germany on Sunday, killing the pilot and the co-pilot, according to the police. The aircraft had taken off from the airfield in Salzgitter-Drütte and crashed on the site of the Salzgitter steel plant after a short flight, a spokesman from the fire brigade said. The exact cause of the crash was not initially clear, but a police spokesman emphasized that it was assumed to......

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