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Ultralight aircraft with on board team manager of Italian cycling group falls in the sea
Rome, Italy - On the airplane also a friend of him, both are alive
The team manager of the Italian cycling team Paolo Bettini, Olympic champion in Athens in 22006, today had to face a dangerous water landing. Bettini was on an ultralight aircraft together with another person when, for still unknown causes ("We saw the window become dark", the ex-champion stated), the two lost control of the airplane that at about 12:30 local time fell at about 2 km from the coast...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133296
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency