The BILD website is reporting this evening that the Goodyear airship has crashed close to its base in Reichelsheim after circling over the Hessentag in Oberursel today.
Three passengers who were on board apparently sprang to safety, the pilot died in the flames.
The Goodyear airship over Oberursel at 5.20pm this afternoon
About GrahamGraham Tappenden is a British ex-pat who first came to Germany as a placement student in 1993, returning in 1995 to live there permanently. He has been writing for AllThingsGerman.net since 2006. When not writing blog posts or freelancing for the Oberurseler Woche and other publications he works as a self-employed IT consultant and online community manager. In 2016 he gained German citizenship.
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We saw the airship at the very same the photo was taken.
Sorry to read this…