According to unofficial information, the cause of the accident was engine failure
Eight people were killed, including a child, after a private plane registered in Romania crashed into an empty building near Milan.
The car took off from Linate Airport for the island of Sardinia. Only a few minutes later, she began to lose altitude sharply, and from the flight data it is clear that the pilot tried to return to the airport.
According to unofficial information, the cause of the accident was engine failure. As a result of the impact, several cars parked near the building caught fire.
According to initial data, the passengers are French citizens and the pilot is Romanian.
Everyone on board died. The plane took off from Milan’s Linate Airport. He had to get to Olbia. The building where the machine hit was empty due to repairs.
According to initial information, the plane was carrying 68-year-old real estate mogul Dan Petrescu, who has Romanian and German citizenship. He was accompanied by his 65-year-old wife, who has Romanian and French citizenship, and their 30-year-old son, Dan Stefan Petrescu, who has Romanian and German citizenship.
The plane was owned by Dan Petrescu and he himself piloted it in today’s tragedy.
Petrescu was one of the main investors in the real estate sector in Romania. Eyewitnesses said the plane’s engine was engulfed in flames. Then the machine seemed to dive uncontrollably towards the building and crashed into the roof, then crashed and debris flew in all directions.
