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Pope blessed a town in Molise Region by helicopter

Campobasso, Italy - Pontiff made a little diversion on Rome back route

All has been performed according to schedule yesterday in occasion of Bari’s Eucharistic Congress: the Jupiter operation by Italian Air Force has started (see for details AVIONEWS) and Pope Benedict XVI helicopter landed at 9:30am on the Starita’s football pitch and left again before 2:00pm. The Pontiff made an unexpected event during back flight when the AMI helicopter pilot, Tonino Berardo, has ove...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 121355
Rome, Italy, 05/31/2005 01:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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