Crashed ultralight aircraft near Gundelsheim: identity of the victims is still unclear

According to the police, the small plane that crashed in the Heilbronn district in Baden-Württemberg came from Thuringia. Even the morning after the accident, the identity of the two dead initially remained unclear, a police spokesman said. The investigators hope for an identification soon, but it will probably take some time. The comparison must be secure, said the spokesman.

The two-seater ultralight aircraft crashed and burned out in a vineyard near Gundelsheim. The registration number was no longer visible. What is clear so far is that the small plane took off for unknown reasons while approaching a nearby airfield shortly after 12 p.m. on Sunday, hit a fence and then collided with a tree. The machine crashed in the vineyard and burst into flames.