Pilot died after being hit by a falling plane door
Finnish authorities are investigating the cause of a rare accident that left a pilot who was boarding a plane preparing for a flight when the plane door fell on him and he died at the scene.
Gulfstream G150 aircraft. Photo: RT
According toRTThe crash occurred on January 4 when the Gulfstream G150 was preparing to fly from a popular resort in Lapland, Finland to Yekaterinburg, Russia. This aircraft specializes in private flights from Kittila airport in northern Finland to Moscow, according to local newspapers.Lapin Kansa.
The G150 can accommodate up to 20 passengers. At the time of the crash, no one was on board except the captain, the second pilot, and the flight attendants who were boarding the plane to prepare for the next flight.
At that time, the plane door broke off and fell right on the pilot. With such a strong impact, the 50-year-old pilot died on the spot. Meanwhile, the remaining part of the plane door was thrown 10 meters away from the scene.RTextract information provided by investigators.
Finnish authorities said the accident was extremely rare and they believed that a technical error was the main cause of the accident. They have contacted the Austrian authorities, where the plane is registered, as well as the American company that built and manufactured the plane to continue investigating the cause of the incident.
