Small aircraft crashes in Korschenbroich - house burns lights!

Small aircraft crashes in Korschenbroich - house burns lights!

Korschenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland - On May 31, 2025, a small plane fell into a house in Korschenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia. The incident occurred in a residential area where the aircraft landed in the front garden of the house and the facade of the building roamed. According to the first reports, it is unclear whether there were victims or injuries, while the house in which the plane fell is partly on fire. The pilot had reported problems with the engine before the crash, when he tried to land in Mönchengladbach, reported OE24 .

In North Rhine-Westphalia, further tragic incidents occurred in aviation on the same day. A total of three small planes crashed independently, with this leading to serious injuries and deaths. In the Soest district, a small plane crashed from Bad Sassendorf airfield after the start. In this accident, two men aged 83 and 89 lost their lives after the machine crashed over a meadow. They took part in an aviation meeting, and numerous witnesses tried to help the occupants. The two deceased came from Radevormwald and Bergisch Gladbach. The cause of the accident is currently unclear; Both technical defect and human failure are not excluded, as reported by Süddeutscher Zeitung

further accidents on this day

Another crash occurred in Gütersloh-Spexard, where a double-decker propeller machine crashed next to a scrap site. The 67-year-old pilot from the Schaumburg district died in this incident. He started alone and had the goal of flying into the Sauerland. In this case, too, no further injuries were reported, but no information on the cause of the accident is available.

In Northern Hesse, a light aircraft with two men on board had to be emerged; They were taken to the hospital seriously injured. The one -engine piper could not get up properly after the start at Korbach and crashed. Your injuries are not considered to be life -threatening.

context to plane crashes

Aircraft streams have dropped overall in recent years. In 2022 there were 233 fatalities worldwide through such incidents, compared to over 1,000 victims annually before the turn of the millennium. Despite this positive development, it remains important to understand the causes of crashes. Many accidents go back to inadequate visibility or technical defects during landing. In Germany, some runways are difficult to see or are near natural or urban boundaries, as described on Statista

The aviation industry has already taken measures to increase security, such as the development of landing assistants. The accident rate in commercial aviation remains low in comparison to driving. Clear information of the causes of the crash is crucial to avoid future accidents and maintain confidence in aviation.