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Canadian aircraft crash: Italian victims repatriated

Families announce the funeral dates of Andreas Widmann and Heiner Oberrauch

The bodies of Andreas Widmann and Heiner Oberrauch have returned to Italy. The two young South Tyrolean entrepreneurs died in Canada a month ago in a helicopter accident during a heli-skiing excursion, the off-piste sport that uses rotary-wing aircraft as a means of transport. of ascent. The two families have announced the dates of the funeral, which will take place between this and next week.The AgustaWestland...

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Bolzano, BZ, Italy, 02/21/2024 11:31
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Civil aviationCanada: bodies of crashed helicopter recovered

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AW-119 MkII Koala was carrying out heli-skiing activities

An AW-119 MkII Koala helicopter crashed yesterday afternoon (local time) in Skeena Mountains, North of Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. The aircraft belonged to the operator Skyline Helicopters Ltd opf... more

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