The seven corpses of the people who were on board the helicopter that disappeared Thursday morning in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines have been identified. All charred. At first five were found, then the other two, therefore no survivors.
From this morning the searches have been concentrated in the area of Monte Cusna (Reggio Emilia), after a hiker reported probable remains of the aircraft, in the area between the Battisti Refuge and Segheria .
Helicopters from Finance and the 157th Air Force flock initially identified a crater and debris, then all resources - both on foot and by air - concentrated on the area.
The helicopter crashed on the bed of the Lama torrent , at the Passo degli Scaloni at 1,922 meters above sea level and two kilometers away from the Segheria refuge. A particularly inaccessible area.
The vehicle had taken off from the Capannori Tassignano airport (Lucca) and headed for the Treviso area. The seven on board were the Venetian pilot Corrado Levorin and six passengers, four Turkish managers and two Lebanese: Kenar Serhat, Cez Arif, Ilker Ucak, Erbilaltug Bulent, Chadi Kreidy and Tarek El Tayak.
On the site of the impact Military Air Force, Alpine Rescue, Financial Police, Carabinieri of Castelnuovo Monti. The area was seized.
(Unioneonline / L)