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Coffin of Italian parachuter landed at Bari Airport

Bari, Italy - A lined-up Italian parachuter's division welcomed the corpse

Shortly after 1:00am the C-130 aircraft from Pisa’s Aerobrigata, taken off from Kuwait City at 6:00pm yesterday with on board the coffin of Italian sergeant Salvatore Marracino, landed at Bari-Palese Airport instead of at Amendola military base to schedule (see for details AVIONEWS). The unexpected programme has been caused by a heavy fog shrouding the area of Foggia. Italian undersecretary at the D...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 116534
Rome, Italy, 03/17/2005 13:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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