This happened about 45 minutes from where I live today. I was not there however. My sympathies for the injured and the family of the person who lost there life. The pilot was not injured.
Juergen Baetz
Berlin — The Associated Press Published on Sunday, Sep. 05, 2010 1:31PM EDT
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 Sunday, leaving one person dead and 33 injured, police said.
The crash occurred at the Lillinghof airfield about 30 kilometres 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 program posted on the Lauf flight association's website said.
1 dead, 33 injured after plane crashes into audience at German air show - The Globe and Mail
Juergen Baetz
Berlin — The Associated Press Published on Sunday, Sep. 05, 2010 1:31PM EDT
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 Sunday, leaving one person dead and 33 injured, police said.
The crash occurred at the Lillinghof airfield about 30 kilometres 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 program posted on the Lauf flight association's website said.
1 dead, 33 injured after plane crashes into audience at German air show - The Globe and Mail