Ceresole, the body of the crashed pilot recovered in Groscavallo

The wreck and the body were at the bottom of a gully

The body of Dennis Craig, the 79-year-old American pilot who, last Friday, crashed with his Cirrus single-engine plane in the upper Val di Lanzo was identified by the teams of the Piedmontese Alpine and Speleological Rescue and the Alpine Rescue of the Guardia di Finanza. on the Turin mountains. The body is inside the nacelle of the aircraft, partially covered by the snow that has fallen in recent days. Thanks to the Gdf helicopter, two mixed teams were transported to altitude: lowered with the winch 150 meters downstream of the wreck, and then climbed up wearing skis and skins. The teams were then brought back downstream pending the authorization of the magistrate to remove the body. The activity was rather complex due to the fresh snow that had fallen in the last few hours and the high risk of avalanches