Small Plane Crashes into House in Germany, Killing 3 People

World

July 25th, 6:08pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rescue forces are seen at the scene where an ultra-light aircraft has crashed into a residential building in Wesel, Germany. (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.

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