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

Apr 14, 2025

Hanover [Germany], April 14: 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 be an accident. The plane crashed on a narrow strip between two halls and caught fire, the fire brigade's operations manager Arno Sicks said. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune

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