Aermacchi MB-326 military jet of the Italian Air Force crashed into a school building at Casalecchio di Reno, near Bologna, Italy, killing twelve students and injuring 88 other students and staff. The aircraft had been abandoned moments earlier by its pilot, who ejected following an on-board fire and loss of control. The pilot and two senior air force officers were later put on trial and found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, receiving a sentence of two and half years in prison, but were subsequently acquitted on appeal.
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Aermacchi MB-326 military jet of the Italian Air Force crashed into a school building at Casalecchio di Reno, near Bologna, Italy, killing twelve students and injuring 88 other students and staff. The aircraft had been abandoned moments earlier by its pilot, who ejected following an on-board fire and loss of control. The pilot and two senior air force officers were later put on trial and found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, receiving a sentence of two and half years in prison, but were subsequently acquitted on appeal. The impact created a 7-metre-wide hole in the outer wall and set the classroom on fire. One of the survivors from the classroom, a girl, was trapped under a wing of the jet, and was found only after all other survivors had been evacuated from the building.
At the time of the event, 72 of the injured suffered permanent disability, and could only be identified by looking at items of jewellery or jewellery of the victims’ parents. At that time, 285 students, 28 teachers and 4 staff were in the building, 17 of whom were in a classroom. Of the sixteen pupils present in the classroom at the time, all aged 15, twelve – eleven girls and one boy – were killed in the crash; only four survived. The only person on board was the pilot, Sub-lieutenant Bruno Viviani, 24, with 740 flight hours of experience, of which 140 on the MB- 326. The jet was part of the 3º Stormo based at Verona-Villafranca.
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