The aircraft fell during the training near the Circeo. The commander of the 70th Wing and a pupil pilot lose his life
An Air Force T260B plane on a training mission has fallen near Sabaudia, in the province of Latina. The two soldiers who were aboard the vehicle died. “A T-260B aircraft of the 70th Wing of Latina, in flight as part of a training mission, fell to the ground, for reasons not known at the moment, in an area of the Circeo National Park. The rescue teams immediately intervened on the spot” reported the Air Force. The life of life were the Colonel Simone Mettini, commander of the 70th flock since July last year, and a pupil. The fact took place on the morning of 1 October. The aircraft fell into the area between Migliara 49 and Cerasella, near one of the revenue of the park, in a forest area where nobody was located at that moment. The plane aboard which they were the two soldiers is a propeller mountain, low wing and two places flanked.
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Premier Giorgia Meloni on X: “I express deep condolences for the accident that occurred to a military Air Force aircraft near the Circeo National Park. My closeness and that of the government to the families of the victims, to the Air Force and to all defense”. Messages of condolence, among others, also by the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa and by the vice premier and foreign minister Antonio Tajani.