The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon near the Baltic port city of Gdańsk. A 73-year-old glider pilot died after losing control of his aircraft during takeoff at a flying club in northern Poland, police said. The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Pruszcz Gdański, a town near the Baltic port city of Gdańsk. “The 73-year-old glider pilot lost control of the aircraft during takeoff and crashed to the ground. He died as a result of the accident,” local police spokesman Karol Kościuk said. Firefighters were alerted to the crash at around 5:45 p.m. and pulled the pilot from the wreckage. Rescuers attempted to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by an emergency medical team. Police and prosecutors are investigating the circumstances of the accident. Poland's State Commission on Aircraft Accident Investigation, the body responsible for examining aviation crashes, has also been notified.
