Crashed plane, checks on flight stabilizers

(ANSA) – MILAN, 14 JUN – In the investigation of the Milan prosecutor’s office on the accident of last October 3 in which a private plane crashed on the southern outskirts of the city on an empty building causing the death of the 8 people who were on board, including to which the pilot himself, the Romanian tycoon Dan Petrescu, after those on the remains of the engine will be carried out technical checks to understand if the flight stabilizers have worked correctly.

The examination on what is technically called ‘pitch trim actuator’ was requested by the prosecutors Paolo Filippini and Mauro Clerici in agreement with the National Agency for Flight Safety, Ansv, which is conducting a parallel technical investigation on Pilatus. PC-12 that a few minutes after taking off from Linate towards Olbia changed its trajectory, perhaps to avoid a disturbance, and then crashed into the building.

From what has been learned, the assessment, which follows the procedure of the one on the engine that took place in Canada, will be carried out in Germany and is necessary to understand whether or not there have been any technical problems.

At the moment, among the most quoted hypotheses there is also that of a maneuver error. (HANDLE).

Source: Ansa

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