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West Australian
7 days ago
- West Australian
Brescia: Incredible video shows moment light plane crashes nose first into highway, killing two
The horrifying moment a plane nose-dived onto a highway has been caught on camera. Two people were killed when the ultralight aircraft ran into trouble and plunged from the sky onto the busy road in Italy's Brescia region on Tuesday. The plane was incinerated in the resulting fireball and both the pilot and passenger were killed instantly. They have been identified as Milanese lawyer Sergio Ravaglia, 75, and his partner Anna Maria Stefano, 60, according to Brescia Today . The video shows a passing car and van on the Corda Molle ring road driving were also hit in the disaster, with two motorists receiving non-life threatening injuries. The highway was shut down as firefighters bought the blaze under control. An investigation has been launched to examine the circumstances around the crash. The Public Prosecutor's Office of Brescia has opened a case for manslaughter following the incident, according to Giornale di Brescia. The tragedy is the latest in a spate of recent air disasters. At least 29 people, most of them children, were killed when a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka earlier this week. The pilot was among those who died in the crash. More than 50 people, including children and adults, were hospitalised with burns, a doctor at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery told reporters. The crash occurred at the Milestone School and College in Dhaka's northern area of Uttara. And on June 12, 242 passengers and crew and 19 people on the ground died when a London-bound Air India plane crashed 30 seconds after take-off from India's Ahmedabad Airport. Investigations into both crashes are now underway.
Perth Now
7 days ago
- Perth Now
WATCH: Fireball as plane nosedives into busy highway
The horrifying moment a plane nose-dived onto a highway has been caught on camera. Two people were killed when the ultralight aircraft ran into trouble and plunged from the sky onto the busy road in Italy's Brescia region on Tuesday. The plane was incinerated in the resulting fireball and both the pilot and passenger were killed instantly. They have been identified as Milanese lawyer Sergio Ravaglia, 75, and his partner Anna Maria Stefano, 60, according to Brescia Today. Two people on board the plane died. Credit: X The video shows a passing car and van on the Corda Molle ring road driving were also hit in the disaster, with two motorists receiving non-life threatening injuries. The highway was shut down as firefighters bought the blaze under control. An investigation has been launched to examine the circumstances around the crash. The Public Prosecutor's Office of Brescia has opened a case for manslaughter following the incident, according to Giornale di Brescia. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. The tragedy is the latest in a spate of recent air disasters. At least 29 people, most of them children, were killed when a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka earlier this week. The pilot was among those who died in the crash. More than 50 people, including children and adults, were hospitalised with burns, a doctor at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery told reporters. The crash occurred at the Milestone School and College in Dhaka's northern area of Uttara. And on June 12, 242 passengers and crew and 19 people on the ground died when a London-bound Air India plane crashed 30 seconds after take-off from India's Ahmedabad Airport. Investigations into both crashes are now underway.
Daily Mail
21-04-2025
- Daily Mail
Moment swaggering robbery suspect is brutally taken down by cop after punching police car
This is the moment a swaggering robbery suspect was brutally taken down with a devastating jiu-jitsu throw after punching a police car. State Police officers in Brescia, northern Italy, had ordered the suspect to halt as he walked away from them, believing him to be armed, according to local media. The young man was suspected of having just committed a robbery and threatening an alleged victim with a knife. He was seen in the video, circulating online since Saturday, walking down the street when a police car pulled up beside him. When the passenger door opened, he reacted by punching the window, prompting the officer inside to get out and approach the suspect. Sweeping his legs out from underneath him with a sharp kick, the officer forced the suspect to the ground before making the arrest. Surveillance footage was shared widely online this week, some time after the arrest was made last March. Officers later confirmed the events, though said they found no weapon on him after detaining him. The clip has proven divisive, Italian commentators weighing whether the officer should be commended for his decisive action, or whether it was excessive. The Brescia Police Headquarters said that it has started an investigation into the conduct. They are also trying to establish how the CCTV footage emerged online, fearing it could have been recorded directly from the police operations room, Brescia Today reports. The original video appears to have been filmed on another screen. The Instagram page Welcome to Favelas was among those to share the clip before it went viral this weekend. The suspect is seen in the clip falling dramatically to the floor after the officer took his legs from underneath him with an impressive blow to the ankles. As the stunned suspect lands heavily on the cobblestones, the officer climbs over his back and pins him with a knee to his shoulder and neck. Meanwhile, the second officer - on the driver's side of the car - runs over the help as the suspect is handcuffed. A police spokesperson said: 'He was considered dangerous because the report said he was an armed man.' Although the footage was recorded in March it exploded over social media channels on 19th April and one post on X was viewed more than half a million times. One user named as 'Erik_Harmre' said: 'That was a very impressive takedown. I think he even caught the perp midair, so he didn't slam his head.' And another called 'fictitiousfruit' added: 'He flipped that dude like he was tossing pizza dough. Mama Mia!' A Staffordshire woman was separately this year given a Police Chief Superintendent Commendation Award by West Mercia Police after she stepped in with jiu jitsu moves to take on an armed robber in a store in Telford, Shropshire. Mairi Kerin, 42, had been buying chocolates when a masked man came in and began threatening staff at LOCO Convenience Store in March 2023. Without missing a beat, Mairi - a medal-winning Wadokai karate enthusiast, who is also proficient in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing - calmly looked at the man before leaping into action. She grabbed the would-be thief's arm and delivered a couple of firm kicks to his shins, leaving him scarpering out of the store. Dramatic CCTV captured martial arts expert Mairi chasing the criminal from the shop before he ran away down the street. Mairi insists she was not brave but merely acting on her martial arts and self-defence training She told how she did not think twice about jumping to the shopkeeper's defence after hearing the man tell him: 'I'm going to take your money.' 'I had a bit of a bad back so I was quite slow and as I got out of the car I noticed this person all covered up and thought "You look like you're going to rob a shop"', she said. 'I remember telling myself you can't think that about people, can't pigeonhole people like that. I thought that maybe he's just got a bike somewhere, he's been out riding or whatever.' But when he blocked the door and threatened to rob the shopkeeper, she was forced into action, grabbing his arm and kicking him in the shins.
