Two people died when a light-engine plane crashed on an autobahn in Germany.

A light-engine aircraft crashed onto the A2 highway northeast of Magdeburg and caught fire, killing two people. This was reported on November 6 by the Bild newspaper with reference to the city police.

"According to the police, the plane immediately caught fire. Two passengers were found only dead," the article says.

The incident occurred at about 14:48 local time (16:48 Moscow time) in the area between the city of Burg and the recreation area of Kreenberg, the newspaper reports. According to preliminary data, the cars that were on the highway were not injured.

The crashed aircraft was a two-seat ultralight Aerostyle Breezer model. According to the newspaper, the aircraft was registered with the Aviation Sports Federation in Krop, the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Three people also died on September 14 in Germany when a Cessna plane crashed in the federal state of North Rhine—Westphalia. According to police, the crash occurred in a field at about 11:20 (12:20 Moscow time) in the morning. The plane was completely destroyed. Firefighters and police arrived at the scene.