Small Plane Crashes Into Crowd in Germany, Several People Killed

Fireworkers stand next to an aircraft that crashed into a group of onlookers in Gersfeld, on Oct. 14, 2018. (Joscha Reinheimer/AFP/Getty Images)

BERLIN—Several people died when a Cessna plane crashed into a crowd in the western German state of Hesse on Oct. 14, police said.

Several more people were injured in the incident that happened around 3:45 p.m. 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.

The Cessna hit two adults and a child at an airfield on the approximately 950-metre (3,100 foot) high Wasserkuppe plateau in the central state of Hesse, on Oct. 14, 2018. (Joscha Reinheimer/AFP/Getty Images)

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.

by Michael Nienaber