German pilot was quizzed over missing wife (Reichstag crash)

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Posted on Sat, Jul. 23, 2005

German pilot was quizzed over missing wife

Associated Press

BERLIN - The pilot who died when his ultralight plane crashed near
the German parliament was questioned over the disappearance of his
wife and expressed "suicidal intentions" before the flight,
officials said Saturday.

The small plane crashed onto a lawn and burst into flames close to
parliament and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's office on Friday
evening. No one else was hurt and officials quickly ruled out a
terrorist attack.

The pilot was identified as a 39-year-old father of two from Erkner,
a town southeast of Berlin in the state of Brandenburg.

Colleagues of the man's wife had reported her missing on Monday
after she failed to show for work, said state police spokesman
Roland Kamenz.

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