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Single-engine aeroplane crashes in Penza region, pilot dies

19:06 | 19.08.2012 | Incidents

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Kamenka, 19 August 2012. PenzaNews. A Sintal-S single-engine aeroplane crashed near Zalesnoe village in Kamensky district, the Penza region, on Sunday, August 19. According to the spokesperson of Head Office of Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the Penza region Timofey Nikulin, the plane crashed at about 18.50 Moscow time.

Single-engine aeroplane crashes in Penza region, pilot dies

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“There were two people on board the plane: the pilot was killed, the passenger was hospitalized in the central hospital in Kamenka,” Timofey Nikulin said.

He added that the investigation team was working at the scene; it would establish the flight line and the reasons for the plane’s crash.

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