BELGRADE -- A Serbian military airplane on Wednesday morning
crashed into a residential area of Nova Pazova, north of Belgrade, it
has been confirmed.
There have been no reports of causalities among the residents, but one of the pilots perished in the accident.
The other pilot did not sustain serious injuries.
The aircraft - a V-54 Lasta - was on a routine technical flight when it went down.
According
to Nova Pazova Municipal President Đorđe Radinović, the plane crashed
into the yard of a private house, while the pilot who lost his life is
to credit for the fact there were no causalities on the ground:
"The
aircraft went down between two structures. One pilot ejected, while the
other made an effort until the last moment (before ejecting) not to hit
a house in this residential area. Once the plane stopped there was no
explosion either."
The pilot - identified as Major Goran Savić -
was found close to his plane and was in a very serious condition when
medical teams reached him. The doctors of the Military clinic VMA were
fighting to save his life, but news came shortly after midday that he
had succumbed to his injuries.
Defense Minister Aleksandar Vučić on Wednesday ordered an urgent investigation into the accident, it was announced in Belgrade.
A
small military plane crashed Wednesday in an inhabited area in northern
Serbia, killing one of the two pilots but injuring no one on the
ground, the defence ministry said.
The light training
aircraft crashed around 0815GMT in Nova Pazova, about 30 kilometres
(nine miles) northwest of the capital Belgrade, the defence ministry
statement said.
It said that the pilots ejected before the plane
crashed. One of them, Maj. Goran Savic, died later Wednesday in the
military hospital in Belgrade from the injuries sustained in the crash,
the ministry said.
The other pilot is injured but his life is not in danger, the statement said.
The
ministry said that an investigation is under way to determine the cause
of the crash. The pilots were on a regular testing flight, it said.
Local media have reported that the plane landed in a private garden in a central street in Nova Pazova.
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