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Austrian Training Flight Crashes in Voglhub


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What: Flugring Salzburg Cessna F150L en route from Gmunden to Salzburg.
Where: Straßwalchen, Salzburg
When: June 21, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: After disappearing from radar at 2:30, while on a training flight, a 71 year old flight instructor and 44 year old student pilot were in a fatal crash in Salzburg near Voglhub village. The flight was from Gmunden to Salzburg. After the crash, the plane’s beacon helped rescuers find the wreckage.

Rescuers attempted to cut the victims out until 4:30 pm. They did not long survive the collision. The area was foamed to prevent fire. The crash site was a field near the Western Railway.

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