Light plane crash kills two in Austria

By IANS
Thursday, September 2, 2010

VIENNA - A small aircraft crashed in Austria Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot and only passenger, police said.

The single-engine plane was trying to land at the Freistadt Airport in the Upper Austria state when it slammed into a riverbank next to a guest house and exploded, police was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

The cause of the accident has not yet been determined.

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