Italy Helicopter Disaster Claims Seven Lives

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All seven people aboard a helicopter that crashed in southern Italy on Saturday, including a family of Slovenian tourists, perished, according to Italian media.

In Castelpagano di Apricena, a rural part of the Puglia region, the helicopter vanished from radars, prompting the air force and fire brigade to launch a search.

Raffaele Piemontese, the deputy governor of the Puglia province, later verified that it had been located and that all seven aboard had perished, according to Corriere della Sera.

Among the dead were a family of four from Slovenia, including a 13-year-old girl, the newspaper said.

The other victims were a local doctor and the helicopter’s two pilots, it said.

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The helicopter was flying as part of a daily service between Foggia in Puglia and the Tremiti Islands off the Italian coast, when it ran into bad weather.

The mayor of the islands, Peppino Calabrese, told media that the doctor decided at the last minute to take the helicopter rather than the ferry “because of the bad conditions at sea”.
“Our community is in shock. Nothing like this has happened in 30 years of service,” he said.

AFP

 

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