Germany: Small plane crashes onto A2 highway, killing 2
Two people have died after a small plane crashed onto Germany's A2 highway near Magdeburg. The crash closed the Hannover-bound lanes on a major east-west route, with no road vehicles reported to be involved.
A small plane crashed onto the A2 highway in eastern Germany on Friday, resulting in the deaths of two individuals, police in Saxony-Anhalt reported. The accident occurred northeast of Magdeburg and led to the closure of Hannover-bound lanes on one of Germany's principal east-west thoroughfares. Initial assessments by Magdeburg police suggested no involvement of road vehicles in the incident.
The aircraft plummeted to the ground around 2:48 p.m. local time (1348 GMT/UTC) between Burg and the Krahenberge highway rest area. It ignited in flames, prompting emergency services to recover both victims, who were pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash remained unknown at press time. Images captured by witnesses depicted firefighters working to douse the charred remains of a red-and-white aircraft, with its tail resting on the roadway and wrecked debris strewn across an embankment.
Police and emergency personnel continued to man the scene. Uncertainty persisted regarding the length the highway would remain under closure. The A2 highway serves as a vital connection between the greater Berlin region and Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, and is a critical route for traffic traversing Germany.
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