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Unister-chief Thomas Wagner died in plane crash

He was the operator of websites such as Fluege.de and Ab-in-den-urlaub.de. Now the Internet millionaire Thomas Wagner, is killed in a plane crash in Slovenia died.

Wagner crashed with a small aircraft, such as Unister announced on Thursday evening. The entrepreneur was 38 years old.

In addition to Wagner, three other Germans killed were in the plane crash of life, like the Slovenian news Agency STA reported, citing the police. In the United States the registered machine of the type Piper 32 crashed on the way from Venice to Leipzig in the vicinity of the Slovenian town of Ajdovscina.

The Pilot should have reported the crash to icing problems. When the rescuers arrived on the scene, they found only the burnt-out wreck of the machine.

Succession should be fixed quickly

Wagner had founded Unister 2002 in Leipzig, when he was still a Student. To belong to the company, the Online stock exchange Auto.de the news portal News.de as well as Shopping.de or Partnersuche.de besides Fluege.de and Ab-in-den-urlaub.de . According to the company, more than tens of millions of Internet users visit on a monthly basis the web pages.

Unister has some 1200 employees, and is part of the sale of on-line packages and airline tickets are one of the market leaders in Germany. The company said it will regulate the succession to Wagner’s “very timely” and communicate.

The management have already put in a first crisis meeting on Thursday evening, the course for the future of the group. “We are not able to compensate Thomas Wagner, but we will continue his legacy in the best possible way in the spirit of our founder,” said the group’s spokesman Dirk Rogl. “Our deepest sympathy goes to the family of Thomas Wagner.”

gri/stu (afp, dpa)