Helicopter crash: investigation to establish causes

The judicial investigation will clarify the causes of the plane crash that killed all seven passengers on the helicopter.

It concerns the Venetian pilot and six entrepreneurs, four of Turkish nationality and two of Lebanese nationality, on a business trip in Italy. The area where the vehicle was found was immediately placed under seizure by the judicial authorities of Reggio Emilia who will open an investigation.

The causes of the are still a mystery at the moment.incident. there is thebad weather hypothesis but the dynamics will need to be clarified in the next few hours.

The news was shared in real time with the diplomatic delegations of the two foreign countries, led by their respective ambassadors. After the discovery of the helicopter wreckage on Mount Cusna, several teams, transported by rescue helicopters, reached the location where the accident was discovered.

It is a steep gully between the Battisti refuge and the locality of Segheria, in the Apennines on the border between the provinces of Reggio Emilia and Modena. We are near the Scaloni pass, 1.922 meters above sea level, two kilometers from the Segheria refuge. At the site of the impact, the Air Force, Alpine Rescue, Guardia di Finanza, and Carabinieri of Castelnovo Monti.

To lose your life Corrado Levorin, a 33-year-old pilot originally from Polverara, in the Padua area, who was at the helm of the Agusta AW 119 Koala. A professional described as expert, meticulous, by those who knew him well, particularly attentive to the safety factor in flight. With him were six passengers, all entrepreneurs.

Two of Lebanese nationality, Chadi Kreidy e Tarek El Tayak. Four of Turkish nationality: Serhat Kenar, Arif Cef, Ilker Ucak and Altug Erbil. The latter were all managers and senior officials of companies of the Eczacibasi holding, which was also the protagonist of a similar accident a few years ago. In 2017, eight people among passengers, all managers Eczacibasis, and pilots, died on a helicopter that crashed in Istanbul due to fog.

From what we have learned, it was a hiker, who was on the ground in the Cusna area, who reported to rescuers the probable wreckage of the helicopter.

To locate the wreckage a helicopter HH 139 of the 15th Wing of theAeronautica Militare. On board the aircraft were men from the Alpine and Speleological Rescue and men from the Alpine Rescue of the Guardia di Finanza who lowered themselves with a winch.

The identification was also possible following the discovery of some burnt trees and some metal remains.

The search for the aircraft resumed at around 7 this morning, under the coordination of the Air Force and the Prefecture. The aircraft disappeared on Thursday morning in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. The aircraft had taken off from the airport of Capannori Tassignano (Lucca) and was headed to the Treviso area.

The helicopter, hired by a company from Emilia, had been shuttling between Tuscany and Veneto for a few days to carry some foreign managers, four Turkish entrepreneurs and two Lebanese, to visit some companies, in conjunction with an important paper fair in LuccaThe pilot is of Venetian origin.