It is an aerial maneuver that is both heroic and miraculous.
On Wednesday, December 28, a 22-year-old Italian girl managed to make an emergency landing of the small passenger plane in which she was with her brother and his girlfriend, at an altitude of 2100 meters in the Italian Dolomites. , reports the
Corriere della Serra
.
The pilot had taken off from Trento, in the northeast of the country, and was flying towards Belluno, a little further east.
The young woman, who wants to become an airline pilot, was used to making this journey.
But while she was flying over a peak, the aircraft's motor suddenly stopped.
The young Italian then straightened the stick to align herself with the slope of the mountain and land the plane on the powder snow, in the municipality of Predazzo.
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Hit by shards of glass and abrasions to the head and face, the pilot lost consciousness on landing while the two still conscious passengers were able to call for help.
Fortunately, the landing site was located near a refuge.
The three survivors were transported by helicopter to Santa Chiara hospital.