2 injured in small plane crash in southern Germany

The Cessna C-172 aircraft crashed a few hundred meters from the runway while approaching the airport on Sunday afternoon.

The pilot suffered minor injuries, while a passenger was transferred to the hospital with serious injuries, Anadolu news agency reported. 

It was already dark and foggy around the airport when the accident took place.

Flights at Stuttgart airport were suspended for about an hour and a half as a result of the emergency mission.

Airport police began investigations at the site of the accident, and experts from the Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation were also called in, the report added.

MA/PR