SAITAMA, Sep 01 (News On Japan) –
A glider crashed on land close to the Menuma Glider Airfield alongside the Tone River in Kumagaya, Saitama, at about 11:55 a.m. on August 31, and the pilot, a girl believed to be in her 20s, was confirmed useless.
According to the Kumagaya Police Station, the plane got here down on land close to the Menuma Glider Airfield alongside the Tone River riverbank, and the loss of life of the pilot, a girl believed to be in her 20s, was confirmed.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has categorised the case as an aviation accident. The Japan Transport Safety Board on the identical day assigned two investigators to look into the trigger.
Source: Kyodo