Two people died when an
ultra-light plane crashed into the sea near the southwest coast
of Sardinia Wednesday.
They were the 50-year-old male pilot, Piero Capoccia, and his
41-year-old female passenger, Maria Cristina Cruccu, police
said.
The plane crashed just off the beach of Portoscuso.
Divers recovered the bodies.
The plane took off from Ussana outside Cagliari, police said.
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