Plane collides with windmill

melle - In Germany, first flew a plane at a windmill. The pilot has the accident Thursday afternoon in Melle, near Osnabrück, survived.

It is the authorities still a mystery how the accident could happen. Visibility was good and the pilot did not look into the sun. 'The accident could have, but the pilot may have become unwell due to technical reasons,' said the police. The forty victim was an experienced sport pilot and member of a flying club based near.

A spokesman for the federal investigation service for aircraft accidents in Braunschweig said it was the first time that an aircraft in Germany is flown at a windmill. Around the Melle-Grönegau airport there are two.