When a small airplane crashed within the district Oldenburg the pilot of the airplane died. The sunshine plane crashed instantly after take-off not removed from Hatten airfield south of Oldenburg, the police stated. The reason for the crash in an open space was initially unclear. The police and the Federal Workplace for Plane Accident Investigation (BFU) are investigating. The airplane was destroyed within the crash. The hearth division extinguished a hearth.

The pilot was round 71 years outdated and, in keeping with police, was on his manner again to Switzerland, the place he lived, on Tuesday night. The detonator for the rescue parachute was not triggered, so it was blown up by federal police specialists. Round 50 emergency companies had been on web site.

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