The plane crash created a huge explosion.
The Daily Mail reported on September 17 that an Italian Air Force demonstration plane crashed after colliding with a flock of birds and exploded in an area where a car was parked, killing a 5-year-old girl in the car.
The MB339 light attack and training aircraft manufactured by Aermacchi (Italy) crashed to the ground in a video recorded by a spectator watching the Frecce Tricolore aerobatic team practice near the city of Turin on September 16.
Authorities are investigating the possibility that the plane hit a flock of birds and lost altitude due to engine damage. The plane was in formation and lost altitude rapidly, while the others continued flying.
The pilot ejected just in time before the plane crashed and exploded, creating a large fireball in an area with several cars on the road. The pilot parachuted down and was uninjured, but the accident seriously injured a 5-year-old girl in a car who later died.
A boy in the car was also seriously injured, and the parents of the two children were also burned.
The car was badly damaged in the incident.
The Frecce Tricolore aerobatic team's exercise was in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Italian Air Force on September 17. However, the performance was canceled after the accident, according to AFP.
"Terrible accident in Turin, where a plane of the Frecce Tricolore team crashed during a training exercise, killing a 5-year-old girl and, according to initial information, injuring her brother and parents," Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini wrote on the X network.
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto expressed his "deepest condolences" over the tragedy.
"This news has come as a shock and we are deeply saddened by the tragic accident involving a member of the Frecce Tricolori, whose aircraft was involved in a serious accident with a car carrying a family," he said, adding that the Ministry of Defence was prepared to put all resources and capabilities at the ready to manage the emergency and assist anyone involved.
Turin airport was temporarily closed following the incident to allow the aerobatic team to land, before resuming operations.
Since its founding in 1961, the Frecce Tricolore has had a number of incidents, the most serious of which was a collision of three planes during a display at Ramstein in Germany in 1988 that killed three pilots and 67 people on the ground, in addition to 346 people injured.
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