Continued throughout the night researched the crews dispersed (two pilots and two navigators) of the two Air Force Tornado crashed yesterday near Ascoli Piceno after colliding in flight during training. So far they have found the bodies of three of the four pilots. Two this morning, one of which charred a man . It seems that the remains were in the fuselage of one of the two fighters, crashed in the area of Tronzano. The second body was found in an opposite hill, in the village of Poggio Anzù, but it was recovered only in the afternoon, the remains had been spotted from above, but the area is very rugged and it was not immediately possible to reach the place. Later it was found on the third.
Yesterday was found in an orange parachute Casamurana, one of the closest to the accident site. This morning, always in the Casamurana, had been found on a plastic card with a photo of one of the pilots.
research. The area was patrolled by the police and , from above, from the Air Force helicopters equipped with night vision goggles. In the morning working meeting between representatives of the local police forces and the Prefecture of Ascoli Piceno. The searches are especially concentrated in the area of Casamurana, where yesterday found a orange parachute.
The names of the pilots. On one of the Tornado were the pilot captain Alessandro Dotto and navigator Captain Joseph Palminteri, on the other the captain Mariangela Valentini pilot and navigator Captain Piero Paolo Franzese. The reports from the site of the Air Force.
The captain Mariangela Valentini, 31, a fighter pilot, he participated in operations in Afghanistan in 2010 and Libya in 2011 and ‘entry as a student at the Academy of Pozzuoli in 2001.
Open air crash investigation for manslaughter. Sources in the prosecutor of Ascoli Piceno confirmed this morning the opening of an investigation for the offense of manslaughter plane crash. The chief prosecutor Michele Renzo has entrusted to substitute Umberto Monti, who last night held a meeting with Prosecutor in all the subjects involved in the search operations. Already seized several components of the wrecks found so far. “They are human remains were found in three different locations in the vicinity of the incident between the two Tornado. Their location suggests that they refer to two people. ” He said the public prosecutor in Ascoli Piceno. One of the two, in particular, would have covered the nail polish.
The crash between the two Tornado. The crash in the skies over Ascoli Piceno and some neighboring towns took place yesterday in the early afternoon during a training exercise. The two aircraft belonging to the 6 ° Stormo, had risen in flight from the military base of Ghedi (Brescia) for a training mission in view of NATO exercise in the fall and would have to return to base in the evening. At the operations center of the Air has come a radio signal that confirms the activation of the ejection seats of the crew: an orange parachute was found in Casamurana, one of the closest to the accident site.
The testimonies. Several witnesses say they noticed the two planes, coming from different directions, touch and catch fire, then fall, scattering burning debris in an area distributed between three municipalities, fortunately inaccessible and sparsely populated, which has been disseminated outbreaks. Mobilized firefighters, the State Forestry Corps, civil protection, police and carabinieri.
The polemics. If the impact had occurred a few seconds or a few seconds before after – said yesterday the mayor of Ascoli Piceno Guido Castelli – and if the remains of the aircraft had fallen on fractions or on the high-voltage power lines would be “Armageddon.” For this reason, the deputy of the Democratic Party Dario Ginefra asked to make “immediate clarity on the alleged exercise in progress at the time of the accident and the immediate investigation of any responsibility. I am sure that the Minister Pinotti will be the first to want to clarify what happened and want to explain why, if confirmed rumors of exercise, this would take place in close proximity to populated areas and not near the Adriatic Sea. ”
La Defense. “ Controversy absurd in a time when there are four military scattered” replied the undersecretary of defense Domenico Rossi, which defines “very instrumental” request for Ginefra. “What we want now – continues the Secretary – is the safety of the four pilots missing. The rest we will see in the investigations that are underway and in the black boxes that will really tell us how things went. “
The Air: normal training flight, the ‘investigation will clarify the obscure points. “Fortunately – emphasizes the Air Force – aircraft did not cause damage to the earth.” It is then up to the investigation to find out how and why the two Tornado collided. As for the flight, it is “a normal training flight,” while the area of Ascoli “is one of those where there are routes of training. The missions of the standard Tornado follow standard routes missions with pre-approved and are under constant surveillance radar. When will be retrieved the black boxes we will know what happened and if they have flown under the quota provided “as claimed by some witnesses. “We have not received any warning – end – we found the impact to accident.”
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