The Italian air power is investigating whether or not an plane of its acrobatic workforce hit birds earlier than it crashed close to an airport, killing a toddler on the bottom.
A five-year-old woman and her household had been travelling in a automotive close to the perimeter of the airport close to the northern metropolis of Turin when the plane crashed on Saturday afternoon, bursting into flames and smashing by way of the airport fence.
The woman’s mom and older brother stay in hospital with burns whereas her father was launched on Sunday, hospital officers stated.
Footage of the crash reveals 9 plane in two tight V-formations earlier than one of many plane drops beneath the others and crashes, sending a fireball into the air.
In the video, the pilot — recognized as Major Oscar Del Do — might be seen ejecting with a parachute shortly earlier than impression inside a fence airfield.
He suffered burns.
The air power stated the rationale for the crash is underneath investigation however one speculation is that the plane suffered a hen strike throughout takeoff.
Italian prosecutors are additionally investigating.
The Frecce Tricolori squadron, Italy’s premier workforce of acrobatic pilots, was getting ready for an air present scheduled for Sunday as a part of occasions marking the one hundredth anniversary of the nation’s air power.
They sometimes carry out dramatic fly-bys at occasions of nationwide significance, leaving streaks of pink, inexperienced and white smoke, the colors of the Italian flag.
They carry out intricate acrobatics throughout air reveals.
In 1988, three plane of the Frecce Tricolori collided and crashed to the bottom throughout an air present at Ramstein Air Base in Germany attended by round 300,000 individuals.
The three pilots and 67 individuals on the bottom died.
Hundreds extra had been damage.
