Among the dead is a family of four from Slovenia, according to the Corriere della Sera. The other victims are a local doctor and the two pilots of the helicopter.
A helicopter crashed in southern Italy on Saturday, killing all seven people on board, including a family of Slovenian tourists, Italian media reported.
The helicopter disappeared from radar in Castelpagano di Apricena, a rural area in the Puglia region, triggering a search by the air force and firefighters.
The vice-president of the Puglia region, Raffaele Piemontese, later indicated that the helicopter had been found and that the seven people on board had been killed, according to the daily. Corriere della Sera.
Among the dead is a family of four from Slovenia, including a 13-year-old girl, the newspaper said. The other victims are a local doctor and the two pilots of the helicopter, according to the same source.
The helicopter, which was flying between Foggia, Puglia, and the Tremiti Islands, off the Italian coast, a daily connection, encountered poor weather conditions.
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The islands’ mayor, Peppino Calabrese, told the media that the doctor had decided at the last minute to take the helicopter rather than the ferry “due to bad sea conditions“. “Our community is in shock. Nothing like this has happened in 30 years of service“, did he declare.