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Italian Hercules aircraft crashes
Sri Lankan News.Net
Monday 23rd November, 2009
An Italian military C-130 Hercules transport has crashed on take-off during a training flight near Pisa in the northwest of the country.
The Italian Air Force has revealed the aircraft hit the ground almost immediately after take-off and caught fire, killing all five people on board.
According to witnesses, the plane went into a spin after take-off and crashed shortly after.
The Italian military has recently suffered other losses in air accidents.
The most serious was 13 months ago when a helicopter crash claimed the lives of eight soldiers.  Email this story to a friend
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