Two people die after a small plane crashes in a mountain area in León

Sources consulted by Europa Press have confirmed that the couple was traveling in a recreational aircraft which they had rented from the Real Aeroclub de León, based in La Virgen del Camino.

At the moment the causes of the accident are unknown. It has only emerged that the Air Search and Rescue Service (SAR) of the Air Force lost contact with the small plane about fifteen miles from León at 2:38 p.m. this Friday.

From the León airfield

The Air Search and Rescue Service (SAR) of the Air Force informed the 122 operations room at around 2:38 p.m. this Friday that contact with a small plane had been lost. with two people on boardabout fifteen miles from the Leonese capital and indicated that it was a local flight with takeoff and landing at the León airfield.

The 112 emergency center has immediately notified the Civil Guard (COS), the León Fire Department, the Military Emergency Unit (UME), the Valverde de la Virgen Local Police, the León Environment, and Cruz Roja and Sacyl, in a preventive manner, and the Emergency Coordination Center of the Junta de Castilla y León, which has coordinated the search for the plane.

The Emergency Coordination Center has sent the last known coordinate of the plane the rescue helicopter of the Board, which has coordinated the operational search efforts in the area. Likewise, the Civil Guard has sent a helicopter, and the SAR one of its helicopters and activated an aerial coordination plane, reports Ep.

During the search carried out in the area, the Civil Guard located the crashed plane in a mountain area in the municipal area of ​​Cimanes de Tejar (León).

At the scene, emergency agencies have confirmed andthe death of its occupantswhose details are unknown at the moment and the Civil Guard has taken charge of the corresponding proceedings.