BELGRADE, Serbia: A small military plane crashed yesterday in an inhabited area in northern Serbia, killing one of the two pilots but injuring no one on the ground, the defense ministry said.
The light training aircraft crashed around 8:15 am GMT in Nova Pazova, about 30 kms northwest of the capital Belgrade, the defense ministry statement said.
It said that the pilots ejected before the plane crashed. One of them, Maj. Goran Savic, died later in the military hospital in Belgrade from the injuries sustained in the crash, the ministry said.
The other pilot is injured but his life is not in danger, the statement said.
The ministry said that an investigation is under way to determine the cause of the crash. The pilots were on a regular testing flight, it said.
Local media have reported that the plane landed in a private garden in a central street in Nova Pazova.
Pilot killed in Serbian plane crash
