Seven bodies found at scene of helicopter crash in Italy

By Angelo Amante

ROME (Reuters) -Rescuers have discovered the our bodies of seven folks killed in a helicopter crash in Italy, native authorities mentioned on Saturday, two days after the plane disappeared from radar screens.

The helicopter had taken off on Thursday from Lucca in Tuscany and was heading in direction of the northern metropolis of Treviso when it was misplaced in unhealthy climate over a distant space.

“The rescuers have discovered lifeless the seven passengers from the helicopter, 4 of Turkish and two of Lebanese nationality, who have been on a enterprise journey to Italy. In addition to the Italian pilot,” the prefect’s workplace within the metropolis of Modena mentioned in an announcement.

The helicopter was present in a mountainous space on the border between Tuscany and the Emilia Romagna area, the assertion mentioned.

Prosecutors have cordoned off the realm as a part of the investigation into the incident.

“We bought the coordinates, we went to the positioning and located all the pieces burnt. The helicopter is principally inside a valley, close to a stream,” a rescuer mentioned in a video posted on the Italian Air Power Twitter account.

The Turkish businessmen labored for Eczacibasi Shopper Merchandise, a subsidiary of main Turkish industrial group Eczacibasi. They’d been attending a paper applied sciences honest in Italy, the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

The helicopter was an AW119 Koala manufactured by defence group Leonardo, an individual near the matter advised Reuters.

The ANSA information company reported it was owned by transport and aeronautic upkeep firm Avio Helicopters, based mostly in Thiene, in northern Italy.

Avio Helicopters was not instantly obtainable for remark.

(Extra reporting by Federico Maccioni; Modifying by David Clarke, Clelia Oziel and Mike Harrison)