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Police officer Celerissimo De Simone told The AP the pilot of the aircraft had sent out a distress call at 5:54 p.m. just before crashing.Italian TV said the pilot's SOS involved a technical problem.Police say the plane was an Air Commando — a small plane similar to a Piper. Initial reports described the plane as a Piper, but did not note the specific model.According to aviation expert John Nance, Piper planes have no history of mechanical troubles or other problems that would lead a pilot to lose control."Those aircraft have direct mechanical controls," says Nance. "If you have a control problem, it would be the loss of an engine, and those are either controllable or not."Reminders of a Dark DayU.S. officials said that they had no indication the crash was a terrorist attack. Neither American nor Italian forces were on heightened alert, they said.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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