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Pilot, 22, killed in light plane crash near Bohot
The plane, registration LZ-TTE, came down in the yard of an empty property in the village in Pleven region. Pleven regional prosecutors are leading the investigation.
A 22-year-old pilot died after a light aircraft crashed into the yard of a private property in the village of Bohot, near Pleven, according to the Pleven regional prosecutor's office.
The incident occurred on Saturday, 24 October, with the alert reaching the 112 emergency line at 15:35. Police quickly responded to the scene and found the wreckage of a plane, registered LZ-TTE, in the yard, with the pilot's body nearby.
The property where the crash occurred is uninhabited, and no other people were reported hurt. Public buildings in the vicinity did not suffer serious damage, based on initial assessments.
The plane took off shortly before the crash from the Bohot LM airstrip, a civil airfield for general aviation, and belonged to a company. The investigation is focused on breaches of traffic rules while piloting an aircraft and death by negligence, with multiple authorities involved in the scene and planning further reviews.