After a long search that continued throughout the night, he was found Agusta AW 109 helicopter Leonardo crashed yesterday afternoon while flying over Alpe della Luna, on the border between the provinces of Pesaro-Urbino and Arezzo between Marche and Tuscany. The plane was discovered shortly before 10 a.m. by an Arezzo firefighting helicopter unit on a tree-lined ridge in Badia Tedalda, in the Arezzo area.
The search was centered on a very difficult and accessible 35 kilometer triangle just walk located on the border between the two regions. Firefighters from Marche, Tuscany and Umbria, dog trainers, Sapr with drones, Alpine Rescue, Army and Air Force, health workers and several hunters from the area who know the area well intervened on the scene.
There were two people in the vehicle: a goldsmith businessman from Arezzo Mario Paglici and the Sienese Fulvio Casini. Both departed from the airport “Giovanni Nicelli”, on the Venetian Lido, with the destination of the airfield “Serristori” in Castiglion Fiorentino.
That plane is destroyed because of its strong impact. There is currently no trace of the bodies of the two people who were likely inside. After seeing the vehicle from above, firefighters set out to reach it. Analysis is ongoing. This area cannot be reached by public transportation except on foot.
According to initial reconstructions, there definitely was a failure on board, reporting by cell phone to Paglicci’s relatives.
Then, at around 5pm yesterday, the alarm went off, with a request for help to 118 from the Local Health Authority of Southeast Tuscany via the international satellite system Cospas-Sarsat, which is designed to coordinate search and rescue operations.
