Sailing aircraft crashes in Kapfenberg - pilot survived, cause unclear!

Sailing aircraft crashes in Kapfenberg - pilot survived, cause unclear!
On Saturday there was a dramatic plane crash in Upper Styria. A glider crashed near a housing estate in Kapfenberg (Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district), only a few minutes after 12 noon. Fortunately, the 59-year-old pilot managed to maneuver the aircraft across a number of houses before it went on an embankment near the bank of the Mürz. The pilot survived the crash, but contracted indefinite injuries and was immediately taken to a hospital. The cause of the accident was still unclear on Saturday afternoon, as the Kurier reported.
In another more serious incident in Brand-Nagelberg, Lower Austria, another glider pilot crashed into a residential area. This happened around 2 p.m. In contrast to the accident in Kapfenberg, it turned out that the pilot in this case was fatal. However, residents remained unharmed, while the aircraft wreck required large safety measures. A 70-meter blocking zone around the crash was set up because the aircraft's rescue store was not triggered with an explosive capsule. Here, too, the exact cause of the crash is still unclear, such as Kosmo reported.
flight accidents in the trend
Aircraft streams have declined in recent years. According to Statista, there were 233 fatalities worldwide in 2022 through aircraft. Before the turn of the millennium, this number was over 1,000 annually. Despite the idea that aviation is safe, accidents often occur during landing, which is due to the specific demands on angles and speed. Interestingly, with 870 incidents between 1945 and 2024, the USA specifies the highest number of aircraft falls, while the accident rate in Germany is comparatively low. A current technical innovation are landing assistants who are supposed to support the landing process, such as Statista communicated.
The incidents in Kapfenberg and Brand-Nagelberg awake memories of the dangers of aviation. Even if the statistics are declining overall, they show that every accident contains potential for tragedy. It remains to be hoped that the investigation into the exact cause of the accident will lead to faster explanations and measures in both Upper Styria and Lower Austria in order to avoid such incidents in the future.
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