Plane crash in Milan: Romanian tycoon, wife and son among dead

“One of the richest people in Romania, who was active in the real estate industry, is one of the dead from the plane crash that took place yesterday in Milan.

A small, single-engine aircraft with six passengers and two crew members crashed into an empty building in the suburb of San Donato in Milan on Sunday afternoon, killing all eight. Among them is a boy.

Until Sunday night, according to the Daily Mail, only the two of the eight dead had been identified as carrying identity documents.

Those on the fatal plane were “all foreigners,” Milan prosecutor Tiziana Siciliano told reporters at the scene. Among them is the pilot, who was from Romania.

The victims of the tragedy

The Italian RaiNews reported that one of the victims was Dan Petrescu, a real estate agent, who is considered one of the richest people in Romania, according to the article.

Petrescu was 68 years old and had dual citizenship – Romanian and German. As the post also mentioned, was the one who was in control of the aircraft when the plane crashed.

Rai reported that his son Dan Stefan Petrescu, a 30-year-old man with dual Romanian and German citizenship, and his 65-year-old French-Romanian wife also died in the crash along with five other people, including a boy.

Corriere della Serra said they were going to their villa in Sardinia, where Petrescu’s 98-year-old mother was waiting for them.

Citing Romanian media, Corriere also noted that Petrescu’s son was working as a researcher in Canada and had arrived in Italy to attend the baptism of a friend’s child.

The newspaper also wrote that Petrescu bought the aircraft in 2015 together with its shareholder Dinamo Bucharest.

A second family tragedy

According to information from Italian media quoted by the British Guardian, among the dead are also the Italian businessman Filippo Nascimbene, his wife Claire Stephanie Caroline Alexandrescou and their small child.

The same post notes that Petrescu’s fortune is estimated at 3 billion euros.

Investigators have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the crash just 11 minutes after taking off from the airport. Milan.

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