Small aircraft crashes near Beit Shemesh, pilot lightly injured

A light aircraft crashed in an open area near Eshtaol, near Beit Shemesh, on Saturday, lightly injuring its pilot, a man in his 60s. MDA medics treated the pilot at the scene; he was not evacuated. The crash follows a separate fatal light aircraft crash on Friday in northern Israel that killed one pilot and injured another.

A light aircraft crashed in an open area near the community of Eshtaol, near Beit Shemesh, on Saturday, lightly injuring its pilot, a man in his 60s. Magen David Adom medics and paramedics treated the pilot at the scene. MDA emergency medical technician Shadi Bargiti said they arrived to find the aircraft among a grove of trees and the pilot walking around. The pilot was not evacuated to the hospital. The crash comes after an additional light aircraft crash following a training flight on Friday that killed one pilot and injured the other in northern Israel. Hadera station firefighters contained a fire that broke out and spread toward nearby homes. The injured 34-year-old pilot from that crash was evacuated in moderate condition, while the other pilot died after becoming trapped.