4 killed in Macedonia´s small plane crash

Source: Xinhua | 08-29-2008 16:33

TIRANA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A small plane crashed on Thursday in southern Macedonia, killing all four aboard, news reaching here from Skopje reported.

The small Cessna plane crashed into a parked car outside the city of Ohrid, about 190 kilometers south of capital Skopje, MIA, Macedonia's official news agency, reported.

working staff carry a victim's body on the site where a  small Cessna plane crashed into a parked car outside the  city of Ohrid, about 190 kilometers south of Macedonia's  capital Skopje, on Aug. 28, 2008. The plane crashed here on  Thursday, killing all four aboard. The cause of the crash  is still under investigation.  (Xinhua/MIA)

It was reported that the plane crashed near a church where thousands of orthodox believers were observing the religious holiday Dormition of Virgin Mary.

Macedonia's Interior Ministry has confirmed the accident and dispatched a team to the scene to investigate the cause of the crash.