A small sports plane carrying Dutch nationals crashed in Croatia on Saturday afternoon. Croatian media reported this. The Dutch Foreign Ministry cannot confirm whether the Dutch were on board the crashed plane.
The Croatian news agency Hina reported that three Dutch nationals were on board the plane that crashed on Mount Kapili in Lika Sinj County. The plane was on its way from the Slovenian city of Maribor to the city of Pula in southern Croatia.
The plane disappeared from radar around 12:30 p.m., according to the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service, HGSS. With more than 120 people, a drone and a helicopter, a search was made for the remains of the plane in the wooded area. The device was found just after 7:15 p.m. on Saturday.
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No official information about the victims has been released yet. The search for victims will continue Sunday morning, Hina news agency said, because emergency services can search better in broad daylight.
The cause of the plane crash is not yet clear. According to the news agency, there was a thick fog that afternoon, which may have made visibility difficult.
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