Foreign Pair Survive Plane Crash in Croatia

The pilot and passenger of a Cessna 172 aircraft which crashed in between Novska and Lipik in eastern Croatia have survived…

The plane, which took off from neighbouring Serbia this morning, crashed in Croatia at around 11:00 am, after getting into difficulties during the flight. After hours of intensive search, the pilot and his partner were both found alive at around 14:30 on Thursday afternoon. Both had to be carried 2 kilometres to the nearest road before they were taken to hospital where they are said to be in a serious condition. It was reported that there men were both foreign nationals and communicated with rescue crews in english.  One of the men was a Bulgarian national, reports daily Jutarnji list.