On Sept. 24, 2017, an Italian Air Force Eurofighter F-2000A Typhoon MM7278/RS-23 belonging to the Reparto Sperimentale Volo crashed into the sea at the 2017 Terracina Airshow
The fighter jet crashed and Impacted the sea, about 400 meters from the shore.
After a vertical maneuver, during the final part of the display.
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The pilot Cap Gabriele Orlandi was unable to recover the aircraft at the end of looping and didn’t attempt to eject from the jet. Cap Gabriele Orlandi was 36-year-old
His body was found at sea about 90 minutes later. His Girlfriend and dad was also present and watching him when the jet crashed
The aircraft was from the AMI Reparto Sperimentale Volo (RSV or Test Wing).
