There were two people on board, a Latvian pilot and a Lithuanian passenger. The passenger was injured and taken to hospital.
The airport’s runway was closed for a while due to the incident.
Latvia’s civil aviation authority stated that the pilot had informed air traffic controllers about technical issues and had to crash-land. Poor visibility and the plane running out of fuel were cited as the causes of the accident.
The plane was manoeuvring for a parachute jump from Limbaži Airfield, some 60 km from Riga, but due to technical problems had to divert to Riga as a secondary airport.
According to delfi.lv, a Pilatus plane owned by Skydive Latvia was involved in the accident.
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