(ANSA) – NOVI LIGURE (ALESSANDRIA), MAR 31 – He stole a Cessna 172 plane from the small ‘Mossi’ airport of Novi Ligure (Alessandria) heading to the south of France where he was intercepted by a transalpine Air Force fighter and forced to land at the Aix-Les-Milles airfield, near Aix-en-Provence. The fact, which took place yesterday morning, was disclosed today and investigations were launched both in Italy and in France.
After the reconstruction of the flight made by the French authorities, the head of the BePilot flight school in Novi, Paolo Visentini, was contacted, who after verifying the theft of the aircraft from a hangar that had been forced into force, filed a complaint with the carabinieri of the company. local.
The take-off took place at 6.55 yesterday when the weather conditions in the Novi area did not allow flying lessons, and the pilot on the stolen plane flew over Albenga (Savona) and then headed to France passing through Cannes. He then flew over the military area of Toulon where a Mirage 2000 took off from the Orange base and a helicopter flanked the Cessna forcing the pilot to land on the Aix-Les-Milles runway. “I asked the French police to send me a photo of the driver: – says Visentini – perhaps, since the number of visitors to our facility is quite limited, it is possible to recognize him”. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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