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Robin DR-400 plane crashes just out of Rome, at the beginning of the towing phase of a glider

Rome, Italy - Dead the pilot

A single-engine tourism Robin DR-400 airplane crashed at around 05:00 pm yesterday afternoon in the military airport of Guidonia-Montecelio, Rome. It seems that at the time of the incident the pilot, dead on impact, was towing at altitude a glider carrying his son: probably something went wrong during the take-off, since the glider's pilot immediately disengaged from the Robin, so avoiding to be...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1124534
Rome, Italy, 01/12/2011 11:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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