11 Oct, 2020 @ 16:56
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Plane crash kills one and seriously injures young German man on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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A YOUNG man has died after crashing his light aircraft on the Costa del Sol.

The 26-year-old, from Malaga, was piloting a motorsailer at the Axarquia aerodrome when the accident occurred just after 12pm.

A passenger, a 26-year-old German man, is in serious condition after being cut out of the aircraft by firefighters.

The pair crashed just a few minutes after take off and following a radio call from the pilot alerting other members of the flying club that he was feeling dizzy.

Policia Nacional, who have taken over the investigation, believe he may have fainted mid-air.

Those close to the investigation claim the flying club tried to guide the pilot with another plane and that he asked his passenger if he knew how to fly the aircraft, which he did not.

The pilot tried to land by circling the aerodrome track several times in a bid to regain control, but ultimately crashed nose first into the track.

The plane has a small engine which allows it to take off but which switches off once airborne.

The pilot was found dead by paramedics while the passenger, who suffered multiple fractures in both legs, was transferred to hospital in Malaga.

An autopsy will be carried out on the pilot.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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