Acest avion datând din Al Doilea Război Mondial zbura către baza aeriană Coningsby, în estul Angliei, atunci când s-a prăbuşit pe un câmp, sâmbătă, după ora locală 13.00 (15.00, ora României).
‘A RAF pilot has died in a “tragic accident” after a Spitfire plane crashed into a field in Coningsby, Lincolnshire during an event to commemorate the Battle of Britain.’ (Aviation MT)
— 𝕾𝖊𝖆𝖓 𝕽𝖔𝖇𝖘𝖔𝖓© (@SeanRobson21) May 25, 2024
RIP, Blue Skies to the pilot, …….@highlight #RAF #pilot pic.twitter.com/6EM1miGBSD
Poliţia şi salvatori s-au dus la faţa locului, unde pilotul, a cărui identitate nu a fost dezvăluită, a fost declarat mort.
„Cu o mare tristeţe trebuie să confirmăm moartea unui pilot al RAF în tragicul accident din apropierea bazei Coningsby, azi (sâmbătă)”, a anunţat un purtător de cuvânt al Ministerului Apărării.
Nimeni altcineva nu a mai fost implicat în accident.
O anchetă a fost deschisă.
Premierul conservator Rishi Sunak a scris pe X că se gândeşte la rudele victimei după acest „eveniment tragic”.
Liderul opoziţiei laburiste, Keir Starmer, s-a declarat „profund întristat” de această dramă.
Baza de la Coningsby găzduieşte Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, o colecţie de avioane de vânătoare şi bombardiere de epocă ce participă la show-uri aeriene și expoziţii.
Doar câteva zeci de aeronave Spitfire mai sunt în stare de zbor, dintre care şase sunt garate la baza de la Coningsby.
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