"pete" == pete writes:

pete Hi, I was messing about with Google Earth and spotted what
pete looks like a medium-sized twin-engined passenger 'plane
pete (Boeing 737-ish?)*extremely* close to the ground just south
pete of Belsen in Niedersachsen, N Germany.

pete The location is 52 deg 44 min 38 sec N, 9 deg 56 min 5 sec
pete E.

I don't think it's close to the ground; it's clearly pulling a
contrail. Probably fairly high, maybe at cruise altitude.