Five people died, eight were injured – this is the tragic balance of the plane crash in Chrcynno in Mazovia. The victims of the accident are four men and a woman.
On Monday crash of the Cessna 208 plane, which fell on the hangar at the airport in Chrcynnofive people died and eight were injured. – All victims of the plane crash in Chrcynno have been identified – said on Tuesday Sylwester Marczak, spokesman for the Warsaw Police Headquarters.
When asked about the participants in the disaster, he noted that “we are talking about people who were somewhat related to the airport.” However, he did not indicate whether it was employees or people who were at the landing site together with people who performed flights there.
The District Prosecutor’s Office in Pułtusk, which announced the opening of an investigation into the disaster, does not indicate such details. – As a result of this accident, five people died – four men and one woman. Among the victims is the pilot of the plane involved in the accident, prosecutor Jolanta Świdnicka said. “All the victims were Polish citizens aged between 25 and about 50,” the prosecutor added.
At the time of the catastrophe, a group of students of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw was staying in the aeroclub. – Unfortunately, I regret to confirm that one of the deceased was our student – Ewa Jankiewicz, spokeswoman for the university, told “Gazeta Stołeczna”.
According to the daily, one of the victims of the crash was found in the buffet area of the building where the plane hit.
Eight people injured
As prosecutor Świdnicka told us, a total of eight people were taken to hospitals. “In the morning, two of them were in a serious condition,” the prosecutor said. As we reported earlier, the most seriously injured are two men in their 40s. They were transported to the Bródnowski Hospital and the Military Medical Institute by helicopters of the Polish Air Rescue Service. They suffered severe chest injuries and craniocerebral injuries.
People who suffered minor injuries were transported to hospitals in Płońsk and Ciechanów. They suffered mostly fractures. Among them is a child.
A 25-year-old man was admitted to the Specialist Provincial Hospital in Ciechanów. “The victim was conscious. Respiratory and circulatory stable. The patient in our hospital was provided with surgery. Currently, he is hospitalized in a good condition in the Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery Department” – said Agnieszka Woźniak, spokeswoman for the facility. “In the late evening, a 9-year-old boy – a participant in the event – was brought to us from another hospital. The child is in a stable condition under observation at the Department of Pediatric Surgery.” she pointed out. Woźniak added that both victims were in the hangar at the time of the incident.
Main photo source: PAP/Leszek Szymanski