Small plane crashes into house in Germany, killing three people

 

Rescue forces are seen at the scene where an ultra-light aircraft has crashed into a residential building in Wesel, Germany, July 25, 2020. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A small aircraft crashed into a residential building in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, killing three people and injuring a child, police said on Saturday.

 

The roof of the apartment building in the town of Wesel caught fire after the microlight plane crashed into it, a police spokesman said.

 

Witnesses told local media that the aircraft had collided with a hot-air balloon shortly before the crash.

 

(Reporting by Gabriele Sajonz; Writing by Michael Nienaber; Editing by Helen Popper)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-07-26

 

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Sad usually ultralight aircraft don’t kill people on the ground because they are slow and light a sad incident my condolences 

8 hours ago, Tug said:

Sad usually ultralight aircraft don’t kill people on the ground because they are slow and light a sad incident my condolences 

But stupids do. ????

Yes the aircraft and ultra lights are okay, but some of them have a stupid

pilot on board that makes the situation more dangerous, as was the case

here.  Colliding with a hot air balloon, they are pretty big in size, I am curious

as to why the pilot did not take better care to avoid it.  Sorry to hear that 3 people were killed. RIP.

Geezer