| Date: | Thursday 27 October 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415) |
| Owner/operator: | Vigili del Fuoco |
| Registration: | I-DPCN |
| MSN: | 2070 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123AF |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Linguaglossa, Sicily -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Lamezia-Terme-S Eufemia Airport (SUF/LICA) |
A Canadair CL-415 fire fighting plane impacted the side of a mountain near Linguaglossa. Both pilots died in the accident.
The aircraft was fighting a forest fire and had just released its load of water when it contacted the downslope of a mountain and broke up.
Sources:
www.lasicilia.it
www.rainews.it
Location
Images:
photo (c) Maarten Visser; unknown; 11 June 2009; (CC:by-sa)
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