South Tyrol: Third accident within a week - glider pilot from Germany falls to his death
Created: 04/15/2022, 17:30
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
A glider in the sky (symbol photo).
© Axel Krieger/imago
Just a few days after two glider pilots from Germany crashed in South Tyrol, another man from Germany fell to his death.
The pilot was at an altitude of over 3000 meters.
Cervinia – Just three days after a fatal gliding accident in South Tyrol, another German glider pilot died in the Italian region of Aosta Valley.
As the dpa confirmed on Friday, citing the Cervinia financial police, the man crashed with his aircraft on the glacier of the Monte Rosa massif on Friday.
South Tyrol: Third accident within a week - glider pilot from Germany falls to his death
Accordingly, the authority confirmed that the man who died in the accident is a pilot from Germany.
As the dpa explains, citing media reports, the man is said to have started in France and then crashed with his glider from around 3500 meters above sea level for reasons that have not yet been clarified.
Already on Tuesday two glider pilots had an accident in the province of South Tyrol, the two men were also German nationals.
One of the two victims was a minor teenager.