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http://www.tanjug.rs/news/60603/dikovic ... -crash.htm9/26/2012 3:08:00 PM
Military plane crashes, pilot succumbs to injuries
BELGRADE - Major Goran Savic, a pilot of the Technical Test Center of the Serbian Armed Forces,
succumbed to injures sustained in Wednesday's crash of a Serbian military aircraft V-54 Lasta in Nova Pazova, near Belgrade, the Defence Ministry said.
The second pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Tomislav Becagovic, is slightly injured,
conscious and orientated, without any signs of internal bleeding, fractures, and in no jeopardy of life.
The pilots were on a regular technical aircraft test flight.
A Serbian military aircraft V-54 Lasta crashed in Nova Pazova, near Belgrade, around 10:15 CET on Wednesday, with both pilots ejected from the plane, theministry released.
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vucic has ordered immediate investigation.
9/26/2012 2:49:00 PM
Dikovic: Controls failure possible cause of crash
BELGRADE – Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff Lt Gen Ljubisa Dikovic said Wednesday that the plane crash which killed one pilot occurred after controls on the aircraft malfunctioned.
"It is too early to say why the plane crashed with the information we have at the moment.
According to the statement given by pilot Tomislav Begovic, the aircraft's controls malfunctioned,
but we still do not know the details and the investigation will show what exactly happened," Dikovic said after visiting the injured pilot at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade.
He added that the crash occurred during a regular test flight on a Lasta aircraft,
while Major Goran Savic, who was killed in the crash, was taking an exam for his test pilot license.
Dikovic said that according to the surviving pilot's account,
the two pilots ejected at the last moment and Begovic managed to land safely using a parachute,
while Savic was unsuccessful in this.
The chief of General Staff said an investigation into the cause of the accident was underway and the public would be kept informed.