Plane crash in Saxony: 2 dead

Accident in Decrease Bavaria: Two males crashed in an ultralight plane, each died. Precisely what occurred has but to be decided. / Aircraft crash in Saxony: 2 lifeless

Two males from Saxony died in a aircraft crash in Decrease Bavaria. The crashed microlight was discovered early Wednesday morning in a forest close to Neureichenau (Freiung-Grafenau district), a police spokesman mentioned. Any assist got here too late for the 69-year-old pilot and his 80-year-old companion.

The boys had already began in Dresden on Tuesday morning. They wished to fly to Wels in Austria. Within the night, the kin knowledgeable the Dresden police as a result of that they had misplaced contact with the occupants of the aircraft. The police in Saxony then organized for mobile phone monitoring to search out the lads. This pointed to the district of Altreichenau within the Bavarian Forest.

Time of crash nonetheless unclear

So the native police launched an enormous search operation. With the forces of the mountain rescue service, the fireplace brigade and a rescue canine squadron, a search was carried out at evening, and a police helicopter was additionally concerned. The machine was found after midnight in a densely wooded space.

The precise time of the crash continues to be unclear. A police spokesman defined that it additionally needed to be decided whether or not the lads made a stopover on their method from Saxony to Austria. The reason for the crash has but to be decided. The police and the general public prosecutor’s workplace from Passau at the moment are investigating the crash.

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