A small plane carrying three Frenchmen has been missing in north-central Italy since Tuesday, September 17. A search has been launched, but it has proven difficult due to weather conditions.
A small plane has been missing since Tuesday morning in north-central Italy, the Alpine rescue services in the Emilia-Romagna region in charge of the search reported on Wednesday. Three French citizens were on board.
“The plane, with three people of French nationality on board, left from Paolucci airport”, near Modena (Emilia-Romagna), “in the direction of France”, specified the emergency services on their website. The last known position of the plane was “between the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Lucca and Massa-Carrara”.
Searches are made complicated by time
This Tuesday, the research begins. Air Force planes and Alpine rescue teams were mobilized. “Unfortunately, the current weather conditions, with rain, strong winds and poor visibility, make the search more difficult, preventing the use of helicopters at the moment,” indicated the rescue services. in Alpine.
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“The Territorial Office of the Government of Massa entrusted the coordination of the aerial search method to the Air Force, while the teams of the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps of Emilia-Romagna have been activated, since yesterday evening “, concludes the services of emergency in a press release.