Tornado incident in flight: found third body

22/08/14

The third body of the four officers involved in the plane crash of the last 22 in August was identified this morning, Friday 19 August, in the locality of Poggio Anzù. The searches of the fourth missing pilot continue unabated on the ground and in flight. The possibility of any radioactive pollution is also excluded categorically.

The two aircraft had no armament on board.

Most of the kerosene content of the two tanks dispersed in the air following the impact and only a minimal amount fell to the ground, almost entirely in the wooded area.

At the end of the search of the missing and of how much useful to the investigations in progress the defense administration, in concert with the civil and judicial authorities, will provide for the identification of the damages and the environmental and landscape restoration, as well as for the compensation of the possible damages caused to private assets.

Source: General Office for Communication - Rome - Public Information Office