Eyewitness describes crash of small plane in Croatia that left four dead

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Medulin, Croatia - 4 June 2026

1. Plane crash site

2. Police at site

3. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Nijaz Delic, eyewitness:

"We saw that plane, somewhere south from the airfield towards the sea, maybe flying at some 300 meters altitude. All of a sudden it started turning to left, taking a spiral dive. During its second spiral turn, it was trying to level the plane, but it failed to level the angle of the plane and it fell somewhere in this forest behind and what happened, happened."

4. Plane crash site

5. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Tatjana Cemerikic, Director of Medical Emergency of Istria Canton:

"As our teams arrived to the place of the crash, they found four persons with injuries that indicated a loss of life. They could only determine death on the spot. In this difficult plane crash we can confirm that 4 persons lost their lives. Our teams also found this intervention very hard, same as all other emergency responders that were involved."

6. Plane crash site

STORYLINE:

An eyewitness recounted the moment he saw a small plane crash in Croatia's Istria peninsula on Thursday, killing at least four people.

"We saw that plane, somewhere south from the airfield towards the sea, maybe flying at some 300 meters altitude. All of a sudden it started turning to left, taking a spiral dive," witness Nijaz Delic said.

"During its second spiral turn, it was trying to level the plane, but it failed to level the angle of the plane and it fell somewhere in this forest behind and what happened, happened," he added.

The plane had crashed near Medulin, a town on the peninsula, a statement said.

The official HINA news agency reported that it was a German plane that took off from Austria.

It was unknown how many people were on the aircraft.

No other details were immediately available.

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