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Two killed in plane crash in Austria

Other News Materials 7 June 2009 03:55 (UTC +04:00)

Two pilots were killed when a small aircraft crashed in southern Lower Austria on Saturday, said the State Fire Service Command, Xinhua reported.
   The aircraft smashed into a forest in the area of Seebensteiner Berg and was completely destroyed. The pilot and co-pilot died on the spot.
   A witness to the crash alerted authorities. Ambulances, mountain rescuers, police and firefighters rushed to the scene.
   This is the second small plane crash in Austria in the past 10 days. On the evening of May 29, a double-engine four-seat aircraft crashed in central Austria. As the plane crashed in a dense forest in bad weather,  rescuers only found the wreckage two days later. All three people on board were killed.

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