Small plane crashes into empty building outside Milan, all 8 onboard die
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Small plane crashes into empty building outside Milan, all 8 onboard die
PC-12 crash, Milan, Italy 3rd Oct 2021
Reports of a Pilatus PC-12 with 8 on-board crashing soon after take off from Linate airport.
https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/03/...n-milan-suburb
https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/03/...n-milan-suburb
The empty building under construction that the PC-12 hit is directly across the road from a 6-storey car park that serves the terminus of the Milan metro line M3.
Could have been a whole lot worse.
Milano, precipita un ultraleggero: incendio a San Donato (mediaset.it)
Could have been a whole lot worse.
Milano, precipita un ultraleggero: incendio a San Donato (mediaset.it)
Sad news.
Ironically, the crash site was in via 8 ottobre 2001, named to commemorate the previous Linate crash in which one of my wife's fellow Unilever employees died, along with 117 others.
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That would have been sadly ironic had it been true, but it isn't (though it's not far away). The building hit is in Via Giuseppe ("Peppino") Impastato, opposite the Emilia MSCP (visible on Google Maps/GE though not yet on Streetview).
Incidentally the ADS-B data suggests that the PC-12 augured in from 5000'.
That would have been sadly ironic had it been true, but it isn't (though it's not far away). The building hit is in Via Giuseppe ("Peppino") Impastato, opposite the Emilia MSCP (visible on Google Maps/GE though not yet on Streetview).
Incidentally the ADS-B data suggests that the PC-12 augured in from 5000'.
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Italian media spoke about an engine failure based on testimonies by people on the ground. I think that it's the usual emotional reaction to the shock of watching an air crash: "ball of fire", "trail of fire" etc. Looking at the data available on Flightradar24, it's clear that the engine was running (positive rate of climb, even if very unstable) and that the pilot didn't try to land again in LIML (he passed the threshold of runway 36 without descending). My guess: crew incapacitation; or incorrect air data due to failure of static and/or dynamic ports.
One of Romanias richest men according to this report.
https://www.italy24news.com/local/208989.html
https://www.italy24news.com/local/208989.html
If they are quoting then they should either publish the images or shut up. Because if they can't be produced, they most probably don't exist.
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The italian newspaper "Corriere dell Sera" writes today (5. October): "Nei filmati sulla tragedia di Linate non si vedono fiamme prima dello schianto sulla palazzina in ristrutturazione" (unfortunately the rest of the article is behind a paywall for me) which translates to: In the films taken from the tragedy at Linate there are no flames visible before the aircraft crashes into the construction site.
And one that, I'm sure you'll agree, could equally be applied to the quote about videos (as yet unseen) showing the aircraft wasn't on fire ...
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Interesting, I see it was recently fitted with an MT 7-bladed prop. New one on me, quietens the type down apparently. Having M-ARTY amongst others regularly zip over my house at 1500' or so, I wouldn't have said it was particularly noisy.
Engine failures in SET’s are rare unless it’s been abused.
Owner flown, over temped on startup and took off anyway?
I have no PC-12 time, is it FADEC like everything else these days?
Auto start?
Owner flown, over temped on startup and took off anyway?
I have no PC-12 time, is it FADEC like everything else these days?
Auto start?
Doesn't look on fire from what I see but that's a vertical dive.
Aereo caduto a Milano, il video dell'incidente: ecco gli ultimi due secondi del Pilatus in volo- Corriere.it
Hope video is visible to non subscribers.
Aereo caduto a Milano, il video dell'incidente: ecco gli ultimi due secondi del Pilatus in volo- Corriere.it
Hope video is visible to non subscribers.
Appears to support the ADS-B data that indicates a 10,000+ fpm ROD.