A small plane crashed in the Austrian Alps, killing all 4 people on board
The propeller plane crashed near Wald im Pinzgau, in Salzburg province, at 12:45 p.m. local time and apparently burst into flames. Police said three men and a woman were killed, and that they were believed to be German, the Austria Press Agency reported.
The plane had taken off for a round-trip flight from an airfield in Oberschleissheim, near Munich.
There was no immediate information on the cause of the crash.
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