GERMANY: PASSENGER JET MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD NEAR MUNICH, NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

Record ID: 648894

  • Title: GERMANY: PASSENGER JET MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD NEAR MUNICH, NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.
  • Date: 5th January 2004
  • Summary: (U4)MUNICH, GERMANY (JANUARY 5 , 2004) (REUTERS) 1. CRASHED AUSTRIAN AIRLINES PLANE LYING ON ITS BELLY IN SNOW-COVERED FIELD NEAR MUNICH AIRPORT 2. POLICE VANS PARKED IN FIELD NEAR PLANE 3. (SOUNDBITE) (German) CHRISTIAN MAIER, MUNICH POLICE SAYING: "From what we know so far, an Austrian Airlines plane has left Vienna shortly before 7 a.m. (0600 GMT) bound for Munich Franz-Josef-Strauss airport. Some two kilometres before its destination the pilot reported engine problems and he then landed between the towns of Eiting and Reisen. The plane crashlanded in the field and skidded about 500 metres on the snow-covered field. Due to the pilot's skill it landed happily there were no seriously injured and no fatalities. Three people were lightly wounded." 4. BACK SHOT OF PLANE LYING ON ITS BELLY 5. PEOPLE WALKING PAST IN FIELD 6. FRONT SHOT OF PLANE 7. FIREMEN AT POLICE LINE 8. BROKEN-OFF WHEELS STICKING IN DIRT, PAN TO BACK OF PLANE 9. POLICE VAN PARKED IN FIELD 10. (SOUNDBITE) (German) CHRISTIAN MAIER, MUNICH POLICE SAYING: "There were 32 people on board, 28 of them passengers and four crew. Four people were lightly wounded. So far we can not give any details on the cause of the crash. Both the pilot and the crew will still have to be debriefed by police". 11. BACK SHOT OF PLANE WITH PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURE 12. POLICEMAN LEAVING PLANE 13. CLOSE-UP OF COCKPIT WINDOWS 14. WIDE OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF PLANE 15. FIREMEN NEAR VAN 16. BACK SHOT OF PLANE 17. POLICEMAN STANDING IN DOORWAY 18. BROKEN-OFF WHEELS LYING IN FOREGROUND, PLANE IN BACK Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th January 2004 12:00
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  • Location: MUNICH, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA7ILCBFXBI4JK34AED2YUUDW1U
  • Story Text: A passenger jet has made an emergency landing in a
    field near Munich airport after the pilot reported problems
    with one of the engines, but no one has been hurt,
    according to police.



    The Fokker 70 Austrian Airlines plane carrying
    around 30 passengers landed between two and three km short
    of Munich airport on Monday morning (January 5).

    "Some two kilometres before its destination the pilot
    reported engine problems and he then landed between the
    towns of Eiting and Reisen", police spokesman Christian
    Maier said at the site.

    According to Maier, "the plane crashlanded in the field
    and skidded about 500 metres on the snowcovered field. Due
    to the pilots fabulous landing happily there were no
    seriously injured or even dead."
    After some confusion as to the number of wounded, an
    Austrian Airlines spokeswoman in Vienna told Reuters by
    telephone that no one was wounded in the crash landing.

    Earlier, a German police spokesman at the site first spoke
    of three lightly injured, then raised the number to four.


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