The captain of a small airplane crashed into a Dutch bridge on Wednesday, scattering debris across the road. The incident occurred at around 12: 45pm near Breda, about 60 km north of Rotterdam, French emergency service reported. The captain was the only person on board, and no other injuries were reported.
” A plane crashed on the A58 from Breda in the direction of Roosendaal”, the Middle-West Brabant Safety Region stated on its site. ” Alas the captain, the sole person on board, died”, it added, without specifying the type of aircraft involved.
A burned-out disaster and dust were spotted across the bridge in photos posted on social media app X, which emergency service had blocked off from both sides. According to Omroep Brabant, a native journalist, the wreckage featured the logo of a nearby aviation flight school.
A see who saw the accident told Omroep Brabant,” I instantly saw something fall. It was the aircraft. We saw a ball of fire as it crashed, and that was it.
The roadway may be closed for the rest of the day as work was being done and investigations were ongoing, according to emergency services.
One of the worst aircraft incidents in recent memory occurred in 2009 when a passenger jet from a Greek Airlines crashed as it approached Schiphol Airport. 9 people were killed, and more than 8p were injured in that affair, which researchers attributed to a malfunctioning sensor.
In 1992, an Jewish El Al Boeing 747 crashed into a block of flats in Amsterdam’s Bijlmermeer area shortly after takeoff from Schiphol, resulting in the deaths of 43 people.
