Pilot Fatally Injured In Mid-Air Collision En Route To Italian Air Show | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.13.24

Airborne-NextGen-05.07.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.08.24 Airborne-FlightTraining-05.09.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.10.24

Tue, Jun 02, 2015

Pilot Fatally Injured In Mid-Air Collision En Route To Italian Air Show

Second Pilot Suffered Minor Injuries When The Planes Went Down In The Water

Two aircraft reportedly en route to the Spiaggia d’Argento Air Show in Alba Adriatica on Italy’s east coast collided in mid air Sunday, resulting in the fatal injury of one of the pilots.

The accident was captured on video by spectators and posted on YouTube.

The video shows the two planes flying low over the ocean when one appears to lose power and falls into the path of the second airplane. A section of wing separated from one of the aircraft as a result of the collision.

The U.K. newspaper Metro reports that one pilot, 43-year-old Luigi Wilmo Franceschetti, was able to make a successful emergency landing in the water, coming to a stop inverted in shallow water near a crowded beach. The body of the other pilot, identified as 37-year-old Marco Ribbi, was found by rescue divers in the cockpit of his airplane.

The type of aircraft was not specified in the report.

(Image from YouTube. Not airplane in which fatal injury occurred)

FMI: www.enac.gov.it/servizio/info_in_english

Advertisement

More News

Airborne 05.10.24: Icon Auction, Drunk MedEvac Pilot, Bell ALFA

Also: SkyReach Parts Support, Piper Service Ctr, Airliner Near-Miss, Airshow London The Judge overseeing Icon's convoluted Chapter 11 process has approved $9 million in Chapter 11 >[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.13.24): ILS PRM Approach

ILS PRM Approach An instrument landing system (ILS) approach conducted to parallel runways whose extended centerlines are separated by less than 4,300 feet and at least 3,000 feet >[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.13.24)

Aero Linx: FlyPups FlyPups transports dogs from desperate situations to fosters, no-kill shelters, and fur-ever homes. We deliver trained dogs to veterans for service and companion>[...]

Airborne-NextGen 05.07.24: AI-Piloted F-16, AgEagle, 1st 2 WorldView Sats

Also: Skydio Chief, Uncle Sam Sues, Dash 7 magniX, OR UAS Accelerator US Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall was given a turn around the patch in the 'X-62A Variable In-flight>[...]

Airborne 05.08.24: Denali Update, Dad-Daughter Gyro, Lake SAIB

Also: NBAA on FAA Reauth, DJI AG Drones, HI Insurance Bill Defeated, SPSA Airtankers The Beechcraft Denali continues moving forward towards certification, having received its FAA T>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC