Billionaire’s plane crashed near Milan, who died along with seven other people

According to Il Corriere della Sera and the Italian agency AGI, the pilot was the Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu, 68, who died, as well as the seven companions. Among the passengers were the billionaire’s wife, 65, also of French nationality, her son Dan Stefano, 30, and a child.

Dan Petrescu, one of the richest men in Romania – who also had German nationality – ran a large construction group and owned hypermarkets and shopping malls.

“The glass in my windows shook,” said Giuseppe, a 26-year-old who lives near the crash site. He added: “I opened the window and, like in the movies, I saw a big column of smoke rising.”

The ANSV has opened an investigation.

The Pilatus PC-12 is a single-engine, low-wing, retractable, turboprop aircraft produced by the Swiss company Pilatus Aircraft. It is often chosen for business and freight flights at airports with difficult approaches.