Tunisair jet crashed in the sea off the Sicilian coast on Saturday…
Tunisair jet crashed in the sea off the Sicilian coast on Saturday, killing 19 people with 20 surviving, according to The latest information.
The Tunisair jet ATR-72 operated by Tunisair`s charter arm, Tuninter, carrying 39 passengers went down 16 km off Sicily`s Cape Gallo on the island`s north coast near Palermo`s Falcone-Borsellino airport.
The passengers were all Italian tourists on their way from Bari in south-eastern Italy to the Tunisian island of Djerba, a popular holiday resort.
Officials said the plane had passed safety checks in Italy. The pilot had contacted Rome airport aviation officials just after 3 p.m. reporting engine trouble and asked permission to make an emergency landing in Palermo. Sixteen minutes later, the pilot told tower officials: We`re ditching in the sea,
Many of the survivors were reported to be in shock. Terrorism has been ruled out as a possible cause of the crash.
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