Overview

• On July 22 a carbon-fiber Freccia RG ultralight piloted by lawyer Sergio Ravaglia and his partner Ann Maria De Stefano nosedived onto the Corda Molle stretch of the A21 motorway, killing both occupants and injuring two passing motorists.
• The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Brescia, led by Francesco Prete, has opened a judicial manslaughter investigation to determine if maintenance lapses or pilot error contributed to the crash.
• A consultant from Italy’s National Agency for Flight Safety and inspectors from the civil aviation authority have begun a detailed technical examination of the wreckage and flight data.
• Authorities are scrutinizing the ultralight’s maintenance logs and emergency procedures as they review minimal oversight regulations for carbon-fiber aircraft in Italy.
• Video and witness accounts indicate an attempted emergency highway landing prior to the aircraft’s fatal speed loss and nose-first impact, raising questions about in-flight risk management.