Pilot's body found at Velika Planina plane crash site

Kamnik, 11 March - Rescuers have found the body of the pilot of a small plane that crashed into a mountain lodge on the Velika Planina plateau on Monday. The recovery effort was difficult because the cockpit penetrated the basement of the lodge and rescuers were apprehensive about entering the severely damaged building.

Velika Planina A mountain lodge on the Velika Planina plateau in north Slovenia was damaged as a small plane en route from Croatia's Zagreb to Switzerland crashed into it. Photo: Ljubljana Police Department

Velika Planina
A mountain lodge on the Velika Planina plateau in north Slovenia was damaged as a small plane en route from Croatia's Zagreb to Switzerland crashed into it.
Photo: Ljubljana Police Department

Velika Planina Rescuers and aircraft accident investigators work on the site of the 10 March plane crash on the Velika Planina plateau in north Slovenia. Photo: Ljubljana Police Department

Velika Planina
Rescuers and aircraft accident investigators work on the site of the 10 March plane crash on the Velika Planina plateau in north Slovenia.
Photo: Ljubljana Police Department

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