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Germany-Cause of Light Trainer Crash Unknown, 2 Deaths

What: Flugsportklub Volkswerft Stralsund Evektor-Aerotechnik EV-97 Eurostar training flight
Where: Klein Kedingshagen, near Flugplatz Stralsund Germany
When: May 20, 2011
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: After a touch and go near Klein Kedingshagen, the sport plane crashed and both aboard died on the scene. Aboard was the 41 year old flight instructor and his 47 year old (beginning) student from Stralsund on Rügen aus Sellin Island. The instructor had been teaching in that plane for three years. This was the student’s third maneuver.

Witnesses say the vehicle lurched and fell out of the sky. Four forensic scientists traveled to the scene.

Evektor-Aerotechnik is a manufacturer located in Kunovice, Czech Republic.

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