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USA apologize for damages caused by F-16's fuel tanks dropped at Aviano

Pordenone, Italy - They damaged a building and a car. The surrounding ground is being reclaimed

Aviano base commander Craig A. Franklin and Italian Air Force colonel Filippo Zampella encountered the families that suffered damages on the last 24th of March after a F-16 aircraft dropped its fuel tanks that fell over a building and a car (see AVIONEWS). The surrounding ground, polluted by the fuel that came out from the tanks, are still being reclaimed. Besides the official apologies of the United...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1102140
Rome, Italy, 03/31/2009 17:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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