Sport plane crashes near Breda airport, pilot killed

A sport plane crashed in the vicinity of Breda airport on Thursday morning. The pilot, the only person in the plane, was killed, the police report.

The plane crashed around 11:00 a.m. in a meadow next to the A58, near the small airport in Bosschenhoofd, according to RTL Nieuws. The aircraft went up in flames after the crash.

How the accident happened is not yet clear. The police and Dutch Safety Board are investigating.

A week ago two men were killed when their sport plane crashed near Stolwijk.