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ATR-72 Tuninter: Italian ANSV's final report on the accident
Rome, Italy - A hyphen and a series of mistakes and negligences led to the disaster in which 16 people died
We can say a misinterpreted hyphen 16 people lost their lives and other 23 were injured, 16 of whom severely: that's what happened on August 6th, 2005 when an ATR-72 airplane of Tuninter, Tunisian carrier, was forced to land on the sea about twenty miles from the airport of Palermo-Punta Raisi, due to the failure of both the engines almost at the same time. A situation that occurs almost exclusively...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1084640
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency