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2021 Milan airplane crash

Coordinates: 45°25′44″N 9°15′16″E / 45.4288°N 9.2545°E / 45.4288; 9.2545
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2021 Milan airplane crash
YR-PDV, the Pilatus PC-12 involved in the accident
Accident
Date3 October 2021 (2021-10-03)
SummaryUnder investigation
SiteSan Donato Milanese, Italy
45°25′44″N 9°15′16″E / 45.4288°N 9.2545°E / 45.4288; 9.2545
Aircraft
Aircraft typePilatus PC-12
RegistrationYR-PDV
Flight originLinate Airport, Milan, Italy
DestinationOlbia Costa Smeralda Airport, Sardinia, Italy
Occupants8
Passengers6
Crew2
Fatalities8
Survivors0

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

Incident

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] At 13:12,[4] it crashed into a building near San Donato station in San Donato Milanese, killing all eight on board.[5][6]

Aircraft

The accident aircraft in 2020.

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

Victims

Eight people died during the crash, and were identified as the Romanian businessman Dan Petrescu,[7] 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.[8]

References

  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 Associated Press (3 October 2021). "Eight killed after plane crashes into Milan office building". The Guardian. 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". 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. ^ "Eight killed as plane crashes into Milan building". BBC News. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. ^ "San Donato Milanese, aereo caduto su edificio: 8 morti, due sono italiani". Quotidiano Nazionale. 3 October 2021.