Aviation

28.8, crash, fatalities

Macedonia: four people were killed when a small aircraft crashed near Leskovac on Mount Galichica. The aircraft, a Z3-DCL belonging to a flight academy based near Skopje crashed into a churchyard. Only the identity of the aircraft’s owner, who was among the dead, was released. Eyewitnesses said that they first heard the noise of engines and saw a low flying aircraft. Moments later, those gathered at the church saw the aircraft crash around 100 meters away. A woman who was travelling in a car that the aircraft struck as it crashed was injured.