It was not until Thursday that two people died in a plane crash in Franconia.
Another man died in an aircraft accident on Friday.
Update from April 25th:
After the fatal crash of a 62-year-old with a gyrocopter in Lower Franconia, the police seized the aircraft.
As she announced at the weekend, the data found on it will now be evaluated in order to be able to reconstruct the cause of the accident.
On Friday evening the man at Rentweinsdorf had done taxiing exercises with the gyroplane.
He fell on a meadow and died at the scene of the accident (see first report).
After a flight accident with two dead in Bavaria: Another fatal accident in the Free State
First report from April 24th:
Rentweinsdorf - On Friday evening (April 23rd) a man had an accident with a gyrocopter.
He suffered such serious injuries that he died on the spot.
The police in Lower Franconia announced this in a press release.
According to the current state of investigation, the 62-year-old had carried out taxiing exercises with his gyrocopter on a meadow at the level of the airfield near Sendelbach at around 7.40 p.m.
“For reasons that have not yet been clarified, the engine of the Trike X Sidor apparently accelerated, rose into the air and flew over a stream,” it continues.
The man had an accident with the gyroplane in an adjacent meadow.
He sustained such serious injuries that any help came too late.
An emergency doctor could only determine his death.
Gyrocopter accident in Bavaria: man crashes with aircraft and dies
The police from Ebern had undertaken the first on-site investigations.
“As is usual with aviation accidents, a specially trained officer has taken over the processing.
The THW supported the police and hid the aircraft, which has been secured for further investigations. ”The police also announced this.
By order of the Bamberg public prosecutor's office, an air accident expert was also commissioned to prepare an expert report.
The Federal Office for Aircraft Accidents is also involved in the investigation and has sent an expert to the scene of the accident.
It was only on Thursday that an airplane accident occurred in Upper Franconia.
A plane crashed on the airfield in Kulmbach - two people died.
