Man killed in light plane crash named as amateur pilot Tal Ben Yosef

The man killed earlier today in a light plane crash in the north is named as Tal Ben Yosef, 54, an amateur pilot from the central Israel village of Beit Hashmonai, who in the past was the editor of a flight magazine.

Ben Yosef’s local council mourns him as “a role model family man and a beloved man in the community,” adding: “He will be sorely missed. We are shocked and heartbroken and we share the family’s grief.”

Another man was seriously injured in the crash. He is hospitalized at Ziv hospital in Safed, which says his condition has stabilized.