(ANSA) - GENOA, 22 MAY - "It emerged that the bridge had an original design defect and that it was at risk of collapse.
I asked if there was someone who certified the safety and Riccardo Mollo replied 'we self-certify'. I didn't say anything and I got worried. It was simple: either it closed or an outsider certified it to you. I didn't do anything, and that's my big regret." This was stated by Gianni Mion, former CEO of the Benetton holding company Edizione, former board member of Aspi and its former parent company, Atlantia, at the trial for the collapse of the Morandi Bridge. Mion said this in reference to a meeting in 2010, eight years before the collapse.
The meeting was attended by the CEO of Aspi Giovanni Castellucci, the general manager Riccardo Mollo, Gilberto Benetton, the board of statutory auditors of Atlantia and, according to the manager, technicians and managers of Spea. After these sentences, the lawyer Giorgio Perroni, who defends the former director of the First Section of Autostrade, Riccardo Rigacci, asked to suspend the examination of Gianni Mion and to investigate him. Rigacci is being investigated along with 58 other people. Mion's examination went ahead and the judges said they reserved the request made by Perroni. (ANSA).
Mion, in 2010 I learned that Morandi was at risk of collapse
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Highlights: "It turned out that the bridge had an original design flaw and that it was at risk of collapse. I asked if there was someone who certified the safety and Riccardo Mollo replied 'we self-certify it' I said nothing and was worried. It was simple: either it closed or an outsider certified it to you. I didn't do anything, and that's my big regret." This was stated by Gianni Mion, former CEO of the Benetton holding company Edizione.
"It turned out that the bridge had an original design flaw and that it was at risk of collapse. I asked if there was someone who certified the safety and Riccardo Mollo replied 'we self-certify it'. I said nothing and was worried. (ANSA)