Tuscany: Five people dead in Italian chopper crash
Five people have been found dead after a helicopter crash in Italy, Ansa news agency says citing rescuers, and two passengers are still missing.
The helicopter took off on Thursday from Lucca in Tuscany and was heading towards the northern city of Treviso when it disappeared from radar screens after hitting bad weather above a hilly, wooded area.
Seven people were aboard the helicopter, including four Turkish businessmen working for firm Eczacibasi Consumer Products who had been attending a paper technologies fair, the company said in a statement.
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