Overview
- Firefighters located the burned wreckage in a wooded ridge near Badia Tedalda after the private AgustaWestland AW109 vanished from radar on Sunday.
- The helicopter had departed Venice for the Serristori flight center in Castiglion Fiorentino and issued an SOS reporting an avaria shortly before disappearing.
- Regional president Eugenio Giani confirmed the two people on board as Arezzo jeweler Mario Paglicci and real‑estate entrepreneur Fulvio Casini.
- A multi‑agency search using Cospas‑Sarsat alerting, helicopters, drones, canine units and ground teams was repeatedly hindered by rain, fog and steep terrain across an area near Lake Montedoglio and the Alpe della Luna.
- Authorities consider a technical malfunction as the leading hypothesis, and formal inquiries will rely on on‑site forensics and the recovery and analysis of flight recorders.