BERLIN: Several people died when a Cessna plane crashed into a crowd in the western German state of Hesse on Sunday, police said.Several more people were injured in the incident that happened around 3:45 p.m. (1345 GMT) in the Rhoen region near the town of Fulda, police said.Local media reported that the pilot lost control of the aircraft when trying to land at Wasserkuppe It appeared that something went wrong during the procedure so the pilot tried to take off again but the Cessna did not pick up, broke through a barrier and rolled into a waiting crowd, Osthessen News reported.According to a Bild newspaper report, three people were fatally injured. </s> BERLIN, Oct 14 — Several people died when a Cessna plane crashed into a crowd in the western German state of Hesse today, police said.

Several more people were injured in the incident that happened around 3:45 p.m. (1345 GMT) near the town of Fulda, police said. — Reuters </s> Several people died when a Cessna plane crashed into a crowd in the western German state of Hesse on Sunday, police said.

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Several more people were injured in the incident that happened around 3:45 p.m. (1345 GMT) near the town of Fulda, police said. </s> Small plane crashes into crowd in Germany, several people killed

Several people died when a Cessna plane crashed into a crowd in the western German state of Hesse on Sunday, police said. </s> Three dead after plane crashes into them in Germany.

Three dead after plane crashes into them in Germany.

THREE people died after they were hit by a small plane in central Germany on Sunday as it attempted to take off after an aborted landing, police said.

Police in Hesse state said the victims, two women and a child to be around age 9 or 10, were on a path next to an airfield at the Wasserkuppe hill near Fulda, German news agency dpa reported.

They said the Cessna was attempting to take off after an aborted landing manoeuvre, but failed to gain lift and broke through a barrier, hitting the three.

Five other people - the four on board the plane and an eyewitness - were suffering from shock.

The plane came from the Mannheim area of southwestern Germany and had been on an excursion to the Wasserkuppe. </s> Image copyright EPA Image caption The cause of the crash is so far unknown

A small plane has crashed in central Germany, killing two women and a boy.

The single-engine Cessna hit a group of people clustered by an airfield on Wasserkuppe mountain near the town of Fulda in Hesse state on Sunday.

The plane was trying to gain height after a failed landing and crashed through an airport fence onto a road at about 15:45 (13:45 GMT).

A police statement said five people were injured, including all four on board the plane.

Police are still working to identify the three victims, the statement said, although local media report the boy could have been as young as 10.

The 56-year-old pilot and three passengers were taken to hospital with slight injuries, and an eyewitness suffered severe shock.

The weather was reportedly fair at the time, and the cause of the crash is not yet known. Police are investigating.

Emergency services are at the scene, which has been cordoned off.

Hesse state prime minister Volker Bouffier and interior minister Peter Beuth said they were "deeply affected" by the crash on the state chancellery Twitter page, and thanked the emergency services for their commitment.

The aircraft is reported to have been privately owned.

Wasserkuppe mountain is the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains and is popular among fliers of light aircraft and gliders. </s> Several killed as small plane crashes into crowd

BERLIN: Several people died when a Cessna plane crashed into a crowd in the western German state of Hesse on Sunday, police said.

Several more people were injured in the incident that happened around 3:45 pm in the Rhoen region near the town of Fulda, police said.

Local media reported that the pilot lost control of the aircraft when trying to land at Wasserkuppe.

It appeared that something went wrong during the procedure so the pilot tried to take off again but the Cessna did not pick up, broke through a barrier and rolled into a waiting crowd, Osthessen News reported. According to a Bild newspaper report, three people were fatally injured.

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"Allegations of misconduct made against me are false and fabricated. These false, baseless and wild allegations have caused irreparable damage to my reputation," Akbar said in a statement. "Accusation without evidence has become a viral fever among some sections. Whatever be the case, now that I have returned, my lawyers will look into these (claims)," the statement added. </s> Four people were killed after a rescue helicopter collided in mid-air with a small plane in Germany.

The accident happened on Tuesday (23 January) near to Philippsburg in south west Germany, not far from the French border.

Both aircraft came down over a gravel pit on the outskirts of the town of 13,000 people, which is the site of one of Germany's nuclear power plants. No other casualties have been reported.

German Air Rescue announced in a press release: "According to current knowledge, the two pilots of the DRF Luftrettung and two passengers of the small plane were killed. The cause of the accident is still completely unknown."

Police and emergency services are currently working at the scene to establish the cause of the accident, which happened at around 1pm local time.

A police spokesman: "We do not know yet who was sitting in which machine. Right now we need to get an overview of the situation first."

One of the worst to ever occur in the country was in 2002 when a passenger jet and a cargo jet hit each other over Uberlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 people on board the two planes. </s> Four people are dead after a fiery mid-air crash involving an air ambulance and a small plane in Germany.

There was an explosion when the aircraft collided and crashed to the ground near Philippsburg, in the south-western Karlsruhe district, it was reported.

An air ambulance crew was sent to the crash site, near a gravel pit and airfield, to transport possible survivors - including colleagues - to hospital.

It was unclear whether anyone survived the tragedy.

Karlsruhe police wrote in a tweet: "Several dead in an aircraft accident in Oberhausen-Reinhausen.

"So far, it is known that four people have died in the collision."

The cause of Tuesday afternoon's crash is under investigation.
A small plane crashes into a crowd near Fulda, Germany, killing three people and injuring eight others.