(ANSA) – LECCO, MAR 16 – The pilot who survived the plane crash that took place today on Mount Legnone, in the province of Lecco, is Giampaolo Goattin, 53, originally from the province of Verona and resident in the province of Turin, former pilot instructor of the ‘Italian Air Force.
Goattin was in the Air Force from 1986 to 2007 then he became Aermacchi test driver then Leonardo. Among other things, in 2002 he was the first non-American pilot to be awarded the title “Flight commander of the year” and during his service to the 56th Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, United States, he also obtained the award. Top Gun for “air to ground” shooting.
Today the pilot, realizing the problem aboard the jet, together with his deceased English colleague, would have directed the aircraft towards the mountain, in an uninhabited area, then being ejected from the cockpit just before the crash. Landed with a parachute, he suffered a trauma to the face and was hospitalized in Milan but his conditions would be under control. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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