A military jet crashed this morning in the Lecco area, in the area of Mount Legnone. The aircraft was in the post-production testing phase and does not belong to the Air Force.
According to some witnesses, the two pilots who were on board were able to jump out of the cockpit before the crash to the ground: but one of the two is dead, the other is in serious condition, was found with a parachute on a natural rock balcony.
At least three aircraft and ground fire brigade teams intervened in the search for the two men.
The jet was an Alenia Aermacchi T-346A which departed from the Venegono base (Varese) and was in the preliminary test phase for subsequent delivery to the client's armed force.
(Unioneonline / ss-L)