[Delbert]

Latest post from CNN.
The pilot had radioed saying he had trouble with his landing gear.

"He wasn't able to land so he swung toward the city, something he absolutely shouldn't have done," said Alfredo Roma, head of Italy's civil aviation authority.

The Swiss pilot of the Rockwell Commander A112 plane was identified by Italian civil aviation officials as Luigi Fasulo, 75, who was well-known to people at Magadino Airport, near Locarno, Switzerland, local TSI television said.

[phasma proeliator]

CNN just reported that the pilot did not call for help and did not respond to ATC requests. They also said authorities are investigating reports that another small plane was nearby.

If this wasn't a terrorist attack, I'll eat my hat!

10 posted on 4/18/02 4:07 PM Central by mikegi

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