Bulgaria: A Small Plane Crashed near Lesnovo Airport, the Pilot has Died

An acrobatic plane that took off from Lesnovo Airport fell in the "Pobit Kamak" area. The pilot died on the spot.

The signal was given at 1:33 p.m., emergency services reported to the National Television. The ambulance arrived in 10 minutes.

The deceased pilot is Georgi Vlaikov, manager of the Varna Aviation Squadron training center. He piloted his personal plane "Extra 2000" - an aerobatic plane with German registration.

Vlaikov has been flying since 2011. He had all the necessary documents for flights, his license was for acrobatic flights.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Hristo Alexiev, ordered an immediate investigation into the incident involving a small E200 type aircraft, 3 km south of Lesnovo Airport. The National Air, Water and Rail Accident Investigation Board has also been referred.

Deputy Minister Nikolay Naydenov and the chairman of the National Board for the Investigation of Accidents in Air, Water and Railway Transport Hristo Hristov arrived at the scene of the accident.

Naydenov told the media that he had a recording of the flight and was working on several versions.

Deputy Prime Minister Hristo Alexiev expresses his condolences to the relatives of the deceased pilot.

"The causes of the accident are being investigated. There are several versions, there is a recording of the flight, it will be provided to the investigative authorities. Let's hope that they will quickly find the cause of this unfortunate accident," Deputy Minister of Transport Nikolay Naydenov said at a briefing and gave details about the incident near Lesnovo.

According to Naydenov, the flight was made with a technically sound aircraft with the appropriate registration.<...