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| Date: | Sunday 2 March 2025 |
| Time: | c. 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Jonker JS-1C Revelation |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-KAVY |
| MSN: | 1C-MD100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Val Cavargna -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Como-Alzate Brianza Airport (LILB) |
| Como-Alzate Brianza Airport (LILB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Italian+Swiss authorities were searching for a missing JS1 glider D-KAVY, reported overdue today 7pm because the local pilot did not return to Alzate Brianza IT airfield (LILB). Last OGN contact was 1314h local time (1214h UTC) on the IT-CH border between Porlezza and Bellinzona.
The glider pilot missing from yesterday in Como was found around 2 am on Monday night, lifeless. It was the firefighters of the Milan command with Lifeseeker technology, which through a drone manages to locate the cell phone of the missing persons, to determine the position of the crashed aircraft. It was located in Val Cavargna in an isolated area over 1000 meters high. The body was recovered by a helicopter of 118.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/OpenGliderNetwork/
https://www.rainews.it/tgr/lombardia/articoli/2025/03/trovato-laliante-precipitato-morto-il-pilota-08553cc7-9251-4935-91b5-57527c830ecf.html
https://www.espansionetv.it/2025/03/03/aliante-precipita-in-val-cavargna-morto-il-pilota/
https://ansv.it/incidente-ad-un-aliante-nel-comasco/ (ANSV initial notification, confirming the aircraft's registration)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2025 09:30 | tklose | Added |
| 03-Mar-2025 09:30 | ASN | Updated [Date, ] |
| 03-Mar-2025 15:12 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Mar-2025 07:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Nature, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
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