Two critically injured as Swiss light aircraft crashes in field near Como
A Swiss-registered two-seat light aircraft went down in a field beside a sports centre in Lurate Caccivio, Como province, on Saturday afternoon, leaving both occupants with life-threatening injuries.
The crash
A small Swiss-registered aircraft came down shortly after 16:30 on 13 June 2026 in a green area close to the municipal sports centre of Lurate Caccivio, a town in the province of Como. The plane, described either as a two-seat tourist aircraft or an ultralight model Sonaca S201, ended up in a field without striking houses or buildings, and no one on the ground was hurt.
Casualties and response
Both men on board, a 55-year-old and a 66-year-old according to most agencies, were trapped in the wreckage. Firefighters pulled them free and they were handed to emergency medical teams from Appiano Gentile and Lomazzo, with a rescue helicopter from Sondrio also deployed. The pair were transferred to Niguarda hospital in Milan under code red; some reports specify that one was a 58-year-old Italian citizen and the other a 55-year-old Swiss national, though ages are not fully consistent across sources.
Investigation
Carabinieri from the Cantù company attended the scene alongside the fire service. The area was secured and examinations of the wreckage have begun to reconstruct the flight path and determine whether the crash resulted from pilot error, a medical episode or a technical malfunction. No immediate indication of the cause has been released.
Conflicting flight details
Early accounts disagree on the direction of travel. Several outlets state the aircraft was bound for Locarno, Switzerland, and may have taken off from Albenga in Liguria. Other reports claim the plane had already departed from Locarno and was flying over Lombardy when it crashed. The aircraft is consistently identified as Swiss-registered, and the discrepancy in its point of departure is expected to be clarified once the inquiry advances.
