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German police said a plane has crashed near Frankfurt, killing three of the five people on board.

02 March,2012 07:11 am

At least people were killed in a plane crash in western Germany Thursday, police said.The Cessna, which was believed to have six people on board, plunged to the ground not far from the small airport of Offenbach.Rescuers found three bodies but were continuing their search, police said.Contact with the aircraft was lost shortly before 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) and it caught fire before crashing for unknown reasons.