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Water landing for helicopter of financial police close to Taranto, Italy

Taranto, Italy - Due to an engine failure

This morning the crew of a NH-500 helicopter belonging to "Aerial maneuver section" of the Financial police of Grottaglie, part of the naval air command of Taranto, made a water landing in the artificial basin of Pappadà, in the campaigns of Fragagnano, in Taranto's area, on the border with the province of Lecce. The two crew members, realizing the engine failure, reached the irrigation basin,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1125594
Rome, Italy, 02/08/2011 14:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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