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| date = {{start date|2021|10|03|df=yes}}
| date = {{start date|2021|10|03|df=yes}}
| summary = Under investigation
| summary = Crashed after take-off, cause undetermined
| site = [[Milan]], Italy
| site = [[Milan]], Italy
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== Incident ==
== Incident ==
At 13:03 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] on 3 October 2021,<ref name="Wert 2021">{{cite news |last1=Wert |first1=Jakob |title=Pilatus PC-12 aircraft crashes in Milan, hits building |url=https://www.ifn.news/posts/pilatus-pc-12-crashes-in-milan-hits-building/ |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=International Flight Network |date=3 October 2021}}</ref> a small private plane carrying two crew and six passengers<ref name="Francis 2021">{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Alannah |title=Plane crashes into vacant building in Milan, killing eight |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/plane-crashes-building-italy-killing-eight-1229964 |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=inews.co.uk |date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> departed [[Milan]]'s [[Linate Airport]] destined for [[Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport]] on [[Sardinia]], both locations being in Italy.<ref name="AP Guardian">{{cite news|author1=|date=3 October 2021|title=Eight killed after plane crashes into Milan office building|work=The Guardian|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/03/several-killed-after-small-plane-crashes-into-milan-office-building|access-date=3 October 2021}}</ref> At 13:12,<ref name="Digi24">{{cite news|last=Costea|first=Alexandru|date=3 October 2021|title=VIDEO & FOTO Un avion privat românesc s-a prăbușit într-o clădire din Milano. Toate persoanele de la bord au murit|language=ro|trans-title=VIDEO & PHOTO A Romanian private plane crashed in a building in Milan. All the people on board died|newspaper=[[Digi24]]|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/un-avion-privat-romanesc-s-a-prabusit-intr-o-cladire-din-milano-toate-persoanele-de-la-bord-au-murit-1688549}}</ref> it crashed into a building near [[San Donato (Milan Metro)|San Donato station]] in [[Milan]], killing all eight on board.<ref name="BBC 58780359">{{cite news|date=3 October 2021|title=Milan plane crash: Eight dead as private jet hits building|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58780359|access-date=3 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="Italy24 2021">{{cite news |title=San Donato Milanese: plane crashed on building, 8 dead. Even a child – Chronicle |url=https://www.italy24news.com/local/208963.html |access-date=4 October 2021 |work=Italy24 News English |date=3 October 2021}}</ref>
At 13:03 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] on 3 October 2021,<ref name="Wert 2021">{{cite news |last1=Wert |first1=Jakob |title=Pilatus PC-12 aircraft crashes in Milan, hits building |url=https://www.ifn.news/posts/pilatus-pc-12-crashes-in-milan-hits-building/ |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=International Flight Network |date=3 October 2021}}</ref> a small private plane carrying two crew and six passengers<ref name="Francis 2021">{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Alannah |title=Plane crashes into vacant building in Milan, killing eight |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/plane-crashes-building-italy-killing-eight-1229964 |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=inews.co.uk |date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> departed [[Milan]]'s [[Linate Airport]] destined for [[Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport]] on [[Sardinia]], both locations being in Italy.<ref name="AP Guardian">{{cite news|author1=|date=3 October 2021|title=Eight killed after plane crashes into Milan office building|work=The Guardian|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/03/several-killed-after-small-plane-crashes-into-milan-office-building|access-date=3 October 2021}}</ref> Less than two minutes after take-off, the auto-pilot was disconnected; flying manually while climbing through cloud, the pilot lost control of the aircraft,<ref name="Digi24">{{cite news|last=Costea|first=Alexandru|date=3 October 2021|title=VIDEO & FOTO Un avion privat românesc s-a prăbușit într-o clădire din Milano. Toate persoanele de la bord au murit|language=ro|trans-title=VIDEO & PHOTO A Romanian private plane crashed in a building in Milan. All the people on board died|newspaper=[[Digi24]]|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/un-avion-privat-romanesc-s-a-prabusit-intr-o-cladire-din-milano-toate-persoanele-de-la-bord-au-murit-1688549}}</ref> and it descended rapidly until it crashed into an incomplete building near [[San Donato (Milan Metro)|San Donato station]] in [[Milan]]. All eight on board were killed.<ref name="BBC 58780359">{{cite news|date=3 October 2021|title=Milan plane crash: Eight dead as private jet hits building|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58780359|access-date=3 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="Italy24 2021">{{cite news |title=San Donato Milanese: plane crashed on building, 8 dead. Even a child – Chronicle |url=https://www.italy24news.com/local/208963.html |access-date=4 October 2021 |work=Italy24 News English |date=3 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite publication|url=https://ansv.it/milano-pc12-marche-yr-pdv/|title=Incidente occorso all’aeromobile Pilatus PC12/47E marche di registrazione YR-PDV, a Milano, il 03/10/2021|trans-title= Accident occurrence with the Pilatus PC12/47E aircraft registration YR-PDV, in Milan, on 03/10/2021|publisher=ANSV}}</ref>{{rp|style=ama|1,159-160}}


== Aircraft ==
== Aircraft ==
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== Victims ==
== Victims ==
Eight people were killed during the crash: the Romanian businessman [[Dan Petrescu (businessman)|Dan Petrescu]],<ref name="BBC 58783971">{{cite news |title=Eight killed as plane crashes into Milan building |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-58783971 |access-date=4 October 2021 |work=BBC News |date=4 October 2021}}</ref> his Romanian–French wife and their son; the others were a family of four: an Italian man, his French wife, their one-year-old child, and the child's Romanian–French maternal grandmother; and a Canadian man who was a mutual friend of both families.<ref name="QN 2021">{{cite news|date=3 October 2021|title=San Donato Milanese, aereo caduto su edificio: 8 morti, due sono italiani|language=it|trans-title=San Donato Milanese, plane crashed on building: 8 dead, two are Italian|work=Quotidiano Nazionale|url=https://www.quotidiano.net/cronaca/san-donato-milanese-aereo-caduto-1.6875407}}</ref>
Eight people were killed during the crash: the Romanian businessman [[Dan Petrescu (businessman)|Dan Petrescu]],<ref name="BBC 58783971">{{cite news |title=Eight killed as plane crashes into Milan building |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-58783971 |access-date=4 October 2021 |work=BBC News |date=4 October 2021}}</ref> his Romanian–French wife and their son; the others were a family of four: an Italian man, his French wife, their one-year-old child, and the child's Romanian–French maternal grandmother; and a Canadian man who was a mutual friend of both families.<ref name="QN 2021">{{cite news|date=3 October 2021|title=San Donato Milanese, aereo caduto su edificio: 8 morti, due sono italiani|language=it|trans-title=San Donato Milanese, plane crashed on building: 8 dead, two are Italian|work=[[Quotidiano Nazionale]]|url=https://www.quotidiano.net/cronaca/san-donato-milanese-aereo-caduto-1.6875407}}</ref>


== Investigation ==
== Investigation ==
On 12 November 2021, all data contained in the Lightweight Data Recorder (LDR) of the plane recovered after its wreck were successfully downloaded at the technological laboratories of the [[National Agency for the Safety of Flight]] (ANSV). In-depth and extensive analysis carried out by ANSV of the recovered data highlighted the unavailability of data about the flight or recordings referable to the flight that ended with the accident. In fact, from the maintenance documentation acquired by ANSV, it was discovered that the aforementioned LDR was inefficient even before the flight of the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ansv.it/incidente-di-milano-del-3-ottobre-2021-esito-delle-analisi-dei-dati-estratti-dalla-memoria-del-pilatus-pc-12-marche-yr-pdv/|title=Incidente di Milano del 3 ottobre 2021. Esito delle analisi dei dati estratti dalla memoria del Pilatus PC-12 marche YR-PDV|publisher=[[National Agency for the Safety of Flight]]|date=16 November 2021|language=it}}</ref>
On 12 November 2021, all data contained in the lightweight data recorder (LDR) of the plane recovered after its wreck were successfully downloaded at the technological laboratories of the [[National Agency for the Safety of Flight]] (ANSV). In-depth and extensive analysis carried out by ANSV of the recovered data highlighted the unavailability of data about the flight or recordings referable to the flight that ended with the accident. In fact, from the maintenance documentation acquired by ANSV, it was discovered that the aforementioned LDR was inefficient even before the flight of the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ansv.it/incidente-di-milano-del-3-ottobre-2021-esito-delle-analisi-dei-dati-estratti-dalla-memoria-del-pilatus-pc-12-marche-yr-pdv/|title=Incidente di Milano del 3 ottobre 2021. Esito delle analisi dei dati estratti dalla memoria del Pilatus PC-12 marche YR-PDV|publisher=[[National Agency for the Safety of Flight]]|date=16 November 2021|language=it}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Metropolitan City of Milan|2021 airplane crash]]
[[Category:Metropolitan City of Milan|2021 airplane crash]]
[[Category:October 2021 events in Italy]]
[[Category:October 2021 events in Italy]]
[[Category:Accidents and incidents involving the Pilatus PC-12]]

Latest revision as of 01:33, 27 December 2024

2021 Milan airplane crash
YR-PDV, the Pilatus PC-12 involved in the accident
Accident
Date3 October 2021 (2021-10-03)
SummaryCrashed after take-off, cause undetermined
SiteMilan, Italy
45°25′44″N 9°15′16″E / 45.4288°N 9.2545°E / 45.4288; 9.2545
Aircraft
Aircraft typePilatus PC-12/47E
RegistrationYR-PDV
Flight originLinate Airport, Milan, Italy
DestinationOlbia Costa Smeralda Airport, Olbia, Italy
Occupants8
Passengers6
Crew2
Fatalities8
Survivors0

On 3 October 2021, a Romanian private plane crashed into a building in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. All eight occupants of the aircraft were killed, including the Romanian businessman and billionaire Dan Petrescu, who owned and piloted the plane.

Incident

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At 13:03 CEST on 3 October 2021,[1] a small private plane carrying two crew and six passengers[2] departed Milan's Linate Airport destined for Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport on Sardinia, both locations being in Italy.[3] Less than two minutes after take-off, the auto-pilot was disconnected; flying manually while climbing through cloud, the pilot lost control of the aircraft,[4] and it descended rapidly until it crashed into an incomplete building near San Donato station in Milan. All eight on board were killed.[5][6][7](1, 159–160)

Aircraft

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YR-PDV, the aircraft involved, pictured in 2020

The aircraft was a Pilatus PC-12/47E carrying the registration YR-PDV.[3][1] It was registered in Romania, and arrived in Milan from Romania on 30 September 2021.[4]

Victims

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Eight people were killed during the crash: the Romanian businessman Dan Petrescu,[8] his Romanian–French wife and their son; the others were a family of four: an Italian man, his French wife, their one-year-old child, and the child's Romanian–French maternal grandmother; and a Canadian man who was a mutual friend of both families.[9]

Investigation

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On 12 November 2021, all data contained in the lightweight data recorder (LDR) of the plane recovered after its wreck were successfully downloaded at the technological laboratories of the National Agency for the Safety of Flight (ANSV). In-depth and extensive analysis carried out by ANSV of the recovered data highlighted the unavailability of data about the flight or recordings referable to the flight that ended with the accident. In fact, from the maintenance documentation acquired by ANSV, it was discovered that the aforementioned LDR was inefficient even before the flight of the accident.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wert, Jakob (3 October 2021). "Pilatus PC-12 aircraft crashes in Milan, hits building". International Flight Network. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ Francis, Alannah (3 October 2021). "Plane crashes into vacant building in Milan, killing eight". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Eight killed after plane crashes into Milan office building". The Guardian. Associated Press. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Costea, Alexandru (3 October 2021). "VIDEO & FOTO Un avion privat românesc s-a prăbușit într-o clădire din Milano. Toate persoanele de la bord au murit" [VIDEO & PHOTO A Romanian private plane crashed in a building in Milan. All the people on board died]. Digi24 (in Romanian).
  5. ^ "Milan plane crash: Eight dead as private jet hits building". BBC News. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ^ "San Donato Milanese: plane crashed on building, 8 dead. Even a child – Chronicle". Italy24 News English. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. ^ Incidente occorso all’aeromobile Pilatus PC12/47E marche di registrazione YR-PDV, a Milano, il 03/10/2021 [Accident occurrence with the Pilatus PC12/47E aircraft registration YR-PDV, in Milan, on 03/10/2021]. ANSV.
  8. ^ "Eight killed as plane crashes into Milan building". BBC News. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  9. ^ "San Donato Milanese, aereo caduto su edificio: 8 morti, due sono italiani" [San Donato Milanese, plane crashed on building: 8 dead, two are Italian]. Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). 3 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Incidente di Milano del 3 ottobre 2021. Esito delle analisi dei dati estratti dalla memoria del Pilatus PC-12 marche YR-PDV" (in Italian). National Agency for the Safety of Flight. 16 November 2021.
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