Plane nosedives into busy Italian highway killing two in huge fireball
A small plane has nosedived and crashed into a busy highway in Italy. Traffic cameras captured the moment the plane crashed into the A21 motorway in Brescia province at around noon today (Picture: Fabrizio Cattina/Shutterstock)
The plane erupted into a huge fireball and was completely destroyed as it hit the ground. It somehow did not hit any other vehicles as it crashed to the ground, but two vehicles did drive through the flames
Two motorists were injured in the plane crash, and were sent to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, local media reported. Both people on board the plane, believed to be a 75-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman, were killed in the crash
Traffic was suspended on the motorway while firefighters tackled the huge blaze. The road surface was badly damaged by the fire, spilled fuel, and debris from the wreckage. An investigation into the cause of the crash has now been launched (Picture: Fabrizio Cattina/Shutterstock)
The plane had taken off from the Gagnano Trebbiense runway in the Piacenza region, but rules for ‘ultralight’ planes like the one involved meant it did not have to declare a destination upon takeoff (Picture: Fabrizio Cattina/Shutterstock)
A consultant from the National Agency for Flight Safety is set to arrive in the area today, and the public prosecutor’s office for the region has opened a manslaughter case, local media said (Picture: Fabrizio Cattina/Shutterstock)
The news comes just before a Russian passenger plane with 49 people on board crashed near the border with China with no survivors. The An-24 plane, operated by Siberia-based Angara airline, was bound for Tynda when it went missing over the Amur region in Eastern Russia. Burning wreckage was found on a mountainside just 15km from its destination with no survivors found, RIA Novosti reports (Picture: social media /east2west news)
