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Pilot of S-269C helicopter crashed yesterday in Treviso, Italy, in critical conditions

Treviso, Italy - The crash could be due to an engine failure

At around 8:00 pm local time yesterday, a Schweizer S-269C helicopter, taken-off from a bit more than one hour, crashed from an altitude of 20 meters while was spreading chemical substances on behalf of the company Eliconsorzio bonifica di Guia on the vineyards of a private ground in Farra di Soligo, in the district of Treviso, Italy. The only one person on board, the pilot Michele Astrella, 62,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1130115
Rome, Italy, 05/26/2011 12:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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