Small aircraft crash on A2 autobahn near Magdeburg, Digi Mart USA News (Germany): A small aircraft crashed onto Autobahn 2 northeast of Magdeburg, Germany, and caught fire, killing two people, according to the head of the fire and disaster protection office of the Jerichower Land district. The office head confirmed the deaths to the publisher t-online when asked directly.
The two victims were the pilot and one other person who had been aboard the Cessna. Numerous firefighters were deployed to extinguish the aircraft, which was fully ablaze.
A spokesperson said no drivers on the highway were injured.
Numerous witnesses were present at the scene and are being looked after by emergency pastoral care workers. How and why the aircraft ended up on the A2 has yet to be determined.
Photos show firefighters extinguishing remnants of the aircraft about one kilometer before the Krähenberge rest area. Large sections of the plane were destroyed.
According to Google Maps data, a traffic jam several kilometers long formed in the direction of Magdeburg. The site of the incident is near the municipality of Möser in Jerichower Land district.
Police and fire services had not been reachable for further details at the time of the report.
