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| Date: | Monday 14 December 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Agusta A109A Hirundo |
| Owner/operator: | Carabinieri (Italian Gendarmerie) |
| Registration: | MM81104 |
| MSN: | 7186 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Volpiano -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volpiano |
| Aosta |
The helicopter of Italian Carabinieri took off from the military heliport in Volpiano, bound to Aosta, even if there was a thick fog.
A few moments after takeoff it crashed into the ground, exploded and all the four people on board died.
Sources:
http://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/landing.html
http://www.alatricolore.it/alatricolore/homepageframe.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2010 13:44 | pesce | Added |
| 08-Jun-2012 11:54 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2012 12:23 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-Dec-2013 05:04 | Blaze92 | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
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