Overview

• The ultralight aircraft plunged onto the Sp 19 Corda Molle near Azzano Mella just before 1 p.m. on July 22 and ignited on impact, killing both occupants instantly.
• Authorities have identified the victims as 75-year-old lawyer Sergio Ravaglia and his 60-year-old companion Anna Maria De Stefano.
• Two passing motorists sustained minor burns when their vehicles were caught in the blaze and have since been released from hospital.
• Emergency crews extinguished the fire and reopened most lanes on the busy connector between the A4 and A21 motorways.
• The Polizia stradale has launched a formal inquiry to reconstruct the flight plan and review maintenance records following suspicions of an in-flight mechanical failure.