Fear in Orio al Serio, plane leaves the track and ends in the street among the cars: an inquiry – The Republic

MILAN – A Orio al Serio “has touched the tragedy,” the witnesses said. A cargo plane, a Boeing 737 400 of DHL arriving from Paris Charles de Gaulle (flight BCS 7332), went off on landing, broke through the fence of the airport of Bergamo, and ended up on the provincial road 591, a ‘normally very busy thoroughfare connecting Bergamo saw not only the airport but also the commercial center Orio center, Cream and the other countries of Lower Bergamo. Only by chance, mostly favored time of day, no vehicle at that time passed the point where it suddenly popped out of the giant cargo snout. Hard to imagine what would be the budget if the accident had happened during rush hour rather than at 4 am one August morning. Impressive photos taken by motorists – all unharmed – in the rain before dawn and posted on twitter. Also unharmed crew members, made up of master and chief mate. The witness:” It could have been a tragedy. ” “The plane went on the road, while some cars were able to stop and have access to the four arrows. However at that time the cars were few, thankfully. It ‘been good the pilot to keep the aircraft right, if he lurched to his right would be serious trouble, he could pounce on “vehicles. Ezio Carissoni lives 300 meters from the airport and was awake the time of the accident. “I realized that there was something abnormal in braking, the noise was strange – he said – I saw the lights of the aircraft, so I went there and I saw it was released from the track breaking through the fence, passing on a parking lot car, and stood in the lane east of the provincial. “

Withdraw the black boxes. ENAC informed immediately the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV) which immediately opened an investigation and sent its inspectors to understand, above all, the causes of the balked landing. Firefighters have taken the black boxes of cargo that will be analyzed by experts of ANSV. To shed light on the causes was also convened a summit in the prefecture.

Scalo reopened but 2,500 passengers to the ground. The airport reopened at 6:47, but the operation is reduced: 15 Ryanair flights departing (and some incoming) were deleted, for others it comes to slow boarding procedures, others (but is only cargo) were diverted to Malpensa. ENAC invites “departing passengers to contact airlines of reference and the airport management companies to verify the operation of its flights.” Sacbo (the company that manages the airport) informs that the stranded passengers are about 2500. Most stopped at the airport waiting to know when he can leave.

Roads in tilt. The news of the incident was circulated by the National Board for Civil Aviation (ENAC), who also stated that the airport was closed for several hours. road access also on the branch of SP 591bis, the one in which he entered the Boeing, was interrupted. Remains closed, therefore, the main access road to the airport of Orio, which is creating major problems for passengers who need to reach the airport. Can not make the journey on foot: a fuel payment makes the danger point: until the fire department – in

area were sent nine teams – have not removed the plane, the area remains off limits.

Alternate routes to the airport. The road traffic was diverted to an alternate path until it will finish the removal operations. For those coming from the highway the exit is Seriate, while those traveling on ordinary roads is a long distance axis with Grassobio industrial zone output.

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