Crash in the Tirol
Translated from today's Las Provincias:
Six people were killed and two injured when a small plane crashed in the Tirol region in Austria en route to Valencia, according to the agency APA quoting sources of the Red Cross. The twin-engine aircraft departed at 06.50 (03.50 GMT) from the city of Innsbruck to Valencia, in Spain, with a pilot and seven passengers on board, according to local Tyrolean sources. The plane crashed half an hour after takeoff in a wooded area, during poor weather conditions. When rescue teams reached the area of the incident, they found that one of the survivors with minor injuries was able to walk unaided. Another passenger was found with serious injuries. The attempt to evacuate by helicopter had to be suspended because of the severe weather in the area at the time. The six dead, including the pilot, were in the part of the cabin that caught fire after crashing, This also caused a forest fire which was extinguished by firefighters.