Plane tragedy

19th November 2011

The plane crashed just 30 km from Pyrzowice airport

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Four people died when a light aircraft slammed into a forest as it tried to land near Katowice.

The four, two men and two women aged between 47 and 51, were onboard a Cirrus SR22 en route from Italy when it crashed in darkness a few kilometres short of the airport at Pyrzowice as it made its second approach.

Ryszard Rutkowski of the State Air Accident Investigation Commission said the pilot had first tried to land at Katowice-Muchowiec airfield, but was unable to touch down because the facility lacked night-landing equipment. He then flew on to Pyrzowice 30 kilometres away but only to meet with disaster.

Although authorities have launched an official investigation into the crash initial ...

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