In this morning's German paper it read that all four engines cut shortly after departure with the aircraft at a height of around 500 meters. There was no source for that report, though.
There's strong local interest in this story because the German A400Ms are based not far from here, at Wunstorf. Too, Airbus is an important local employer.
Local papers have already covered such A400M issues as the lack of operational readiness of the type, and the program's negative impact on the financial performance of Airbus, so that if it turns out that there's some further, serious technical problem that shall come to light, that should see local coverage beyond the usual level for the crash of a military aircraft.