Small plane crashes into yard of house near Pleven, killing young pilot
A Cessna 150 crashed into a yard in the village of Bohot near Pleven, killing the 22-year-old student pilot at the controls, BNT reported. He reportedly took off alone and without permission.
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A Cessna 150 light aircraft crashed into the yard of a house in the village of Bohot in the Pleven region on Saturday afternoon. The emergency call to 112 came in at around 3:30 p.m., according to public broadcaster BNT. The pilot, a 22-year-old student pilot, was killed, BNT reported. No one was in the house at the time of the crash, residents told broadcaster bTV.
According to information so far, the flight was not part of the young man's training: he reportedly took off alone and without permission. A witness who made the emergency call said the plane had been performing maneuvers in the air before it went down and struck the neighboring property. There is a private airfield used for amateur flights near Bohot.
There was initially no official information on the cause of the crash. The circumstances must now be established by the relevant authorities.