Fear in the center: military aircraft with an engine failure flying over the city
Emergency for a C-160 Luftwaffe, led to Istrana
from the control tower. The fault reported on the Adriatic
TREVISO - Around 15 flew over the southern part of Italy, passing over the area of the court, St. Joseph and the intersection of Stiore, directed towards the military base Istrana, home of the 51. Wing. A heavy-duty C-160 of the German Luftwaffe, a large military transport aircraft, powered by two powerful motors bow one off. Treviso many have looked up hearing coming, intrigued by its size and to a lesser Experts have noted that one of the two propellers was still "in country", as the jargon.
The aircraft was moving in short, with only one engine running. On the ground the situation appeared abnormal but quiet in the sky instead was having a real emergency, even if it is kept under control by the specialists of 51. Wing, both flight engineers from the radar stations of Venice and Padua. At 15:20 the plane then landed in Istrana, where he had already tripped the alarm. The track was released in order to place at the disposal of the pilots all the possible space to maneuver, while firefighters were ready to intervene at the slightest hint. Fortunately there was not need: the German commander was able to control the C-160 despite the damage and make a complex operation like the process of landing safely. But the crew and dozens of technicians on the ground have not gone quiet moments.
Difficult to reconstruct exactly what happened. Apparently the aircraft of the Luftwaffe yesterday afternoon was flying over the Adriatic Sea to Germany when the pilots noticed that one of the two engines was not working well. Engine then stopped. They immediately reported the situation to the ground stations and is then taken to the procedure for the emergency landing. The aircraft was followed first by the radar of Venice and then to those of Padua, drove to the nearest base, to Istrana.
In fact a real danger there has never been: the C-160 has always been a straight-line security. "The plane had a failure - confirm by 51. Flock in the evening - but we do not know due to what. However, it was ably led by the pilot up to Istrana, where our staff has provided a landing safely. We are trained to deal with such cases and there was no danger. "
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