People stand next to the debris of a small plane at the
Lillinghof airfield near the Bavarian town of Lauf Germany.
Photo by AP
A pilot of a small propeller-driven plane lost control of
his aircraft while taking off at a flight show in southern
Germany and crashed into a group of spectators yesterday,
leaving one person dead and 33 injured, police said.
The crash occurred at the Lillinghof airfield about 30km
northeast of the city of Nuremberg, a police spokesman said.
Four people were seriously injured, while 29 others were
slightly injured, he said.
The spokesman, who declined to be named in line with
department policy, said it was still unknown why the pilot of
the biplane -- with two wings, one above the other -- lost
control.
The pilot was not hurt in the incident, he said.
The flight show was to include stunts by small aircraft and
sky divers, helicopter tours and tours with a Russian-built
Antonov An-2 biplane, a programme posted on the Lauf flight
association's website said.
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