Plane crashes onto German motorway : traffic halted

A light aircraft has crashed on the A2 motorway northeast of the German city of Magdeburg, in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.

TodayPress TV reports, citing local police, that the information was published by the “Bild” newspaper.

It is not yet known how many people were injured.

According to preliminary information from law enforcement authorities, no vehicles were damaged in the incident. The cause and circumstances of the aircraft’s landing on the motorway are under investigation.

Photos circulating online show firefighters extinguishing the wreckage approximately one kilometre from the Kreenberge rest area. Most of the aircraft was completely destroyed in the crash. Traffic on the motorway has been halted.

Aysel Matlab