AW-609 convertiplano precipitates

(To drafting)
30/10/15

A prototype of the AW-609, the Agusta-Wesland tiltrotor soon to be placed on the market with an order book for over 60 aircraft, crashed this morning between Santhià in Tronzano, in the province of Vercelli.

According to early evidence, the AW-609 would have been seen falling into flames.

The two pilots on board are dead.

Defense Online expresses the condolences of all the editors and - surely - of all the readers to the families of the pilots.