TRAINING PLANE CRASHES FLYING OVER ZAGREB, PILOTS EJECT SAFELY

ZAGREB, Oct 16 (Hina) - After one of its wings fell down, a training plane crashed on Zagreb's suburbs on Thursday afternoon. The trainee pilot and an instructor ejected safely. The wing came off from the "ZLIN 142"-type plane at 03.07 pm Thursday while it was flying over Malesnica, a north-western suburb of Zagreb. The trainee pilot and the instructor ejected and landed by parachute near a church in the neighbouring residential area of Stenjevac. According to first reports, parts of the plane caused no injuries. The plane disintegrated in the air, and its separate pieces, the wings and the fuselage were found at three different spots in two residential areas. The plane, owned by Osijek's aviation club, had took off from the Lucko airport near Zagreb. (hina) jn mš 161813 MET oct 97