The pilot was seriously injured, the police confirmed on request to a report by ORF Lower Austria. According to the executive, the 33-year-old Austrian was flown to a Vienna hospital by an emergency doctor helicopter. According to ORF, the crash should have occurred during the starting process. The police have started investigations.
Investigations after a fatal accident
Also determined after a fatal plane crash on Saturday in Styria. The plane took off from Pinkafeld in Burgenland, and just 15 minutes later the pilot made an emergency call. According to the police, the wreck was finally found hours later in a forest in eastern Styria. The public prosecutor ordered an autopsy.
The crash site in the Festenburg district of the municipality of St. Lorenzen (Hartberg – Fürstenfeld district) is located in a very dense wooded area that is difficult to access. A salvage of the wreck on Sunday was therefore considered unlikely. An expert examined the wreckage at the crash site, further investigations by the police and public prosecutors were initiated.
The pilot (56) was considered an experienced aviator. Also on board was a 67-year-old from East Styria, who apparently had recently purchased the sightseeing flight over the Wechsel area as part of a charity flight day in Pinkafeld.
The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit shortly after take-off. After the emergency call, the pilot could no longer be reached, so his position could only be estimated roughly. Around 4:30 p.m., a helicopter sighted wreckage. The emergency services could only determine the death of the two men.
Source: Nachrichten
