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Sports plane crashes at airfield near Potsdam - pilot dies

A light aircraft has crashed at the Saarmund sports airfield south of Potsdam and the pilot has died. According to Potsdam police, the small propeller plane crashed shortly after take-off on Wednesday morning and fell onto a meadow or field right next to the airfield. Despite attempts at...

An airplane crashed on the sports airfield.
An airplane crashed on the sports airfield.

Air traffic - Sports plane crashes at airfield near Potsdam - pilot dies

The destroyed white aircraft was still at the airfield in the morning. The fire department, alerted around 9.15 am, was on site with an ambulance, as was the traffic police and a police helicopter. The criminal police and air safety are now investigating the cause of the crash.

  1. The traffic police and Potsdam's police helicopter arrived at the Brandenburg airfield during the investigation of the emergency surrounding the crashed light aircraft.
  2. Witnesses reported seeing a sport airplane airborne before the incident at the Potsdam airfield, raising concerns about possible disruptions in local air traffic.
  3. The criminal police and air safety authorities are evaluating possible factors for the police helicopter's response to the emergency at the airfield in Brandenburg.
  4. The brand new white aircraft, which met with unfortunate circumstances at the airfield near Potsdam, is now a subject of joint investigation between emergency services and air traffic control.

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