Amsterdam: Plane catches fire while trying to land on busy road. A tragic end for the pilot. The plane of the Aviation Academy caught fire in the middle of the road. There was only one person in the small plane. The accident happened near Breda in the Netherlands on Tuesday afternoon. The crash site was 37 miles from Rotterdam.
Footage of the accident taken by occupants of other vehicles on the road has already gone viral on social media. The plane crashed on a busy national highway near the Brada airport. The scenes of smoke and fire rising in a big way have come out. The accident occurred during a training flight. The accident happened on one of the 145 km long national highways passing through the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Zeeland.
Aviation Academy explains that the cause of the accident is still not clear and the incident is being investigated. The fire on the road was brought under control by the arrival of firemen from the airport. The aviation academy was closed after the incident. The academy provides pilot training and aircraft rental services.