A person died on Monday when a small plane crashed in a forest area near the municipality of Wald in Ostallgäu. Another person was seriously injured, the Kempten police announced on Monday evening. The 65-year-old man died at the scene of the accident despite attempts at resuscitation. The police confirmed on Tuesday that it was the pilot’s companion. The 53-year-old pilot was seriously injured in the accident.
According to the police, witnesses observed how the single-engine propeller plane of the type “Breezer C” lost significantly in height and finally fell into the forest. Parts of the wreckage got stuck in a tree at a height of a few meters. Emergency services and the volunteer fire brigade found the aircraft completely destroyed and freed the two occupants from the wreck.
According to a police spokesman, the machine took off from the Kempten-Durach airfield, about 15 kilometers away.
How the accident came about is still unclear. An expert from the Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation inspected the wreck. A police spokesman said that the finished report could only be expected in the course of the next few weeks. The criminal police also investigated under the direction of the Kempten public prosecutor’s office.