PENNE, Italy (AP) — A helicopter ferrying an injured skier off the slopes slammed Tuesday into a mountainside in central Italy with at least six people aboard, another tragedy to hit a region slammed by recent earthquakes, heavy snowfall and an avalanche. The helicopter was not related to other emergencies currently affecting the Italian region of Abruzzo, which is fighting against the "weather emergency", as it is dubbed in local media, and the ongoing operations to find the people still trapped in the Hotel Rigopiano avalanche. ROME
• A helicopter taking an injured skier to hospital has crashed against a mountain in central Italy, killing all six people on board, officials said. State broadcaster Rai said a rescue team had been flown in from the Penne operations headquarters, where the avalanche rescue is being coordinated.
An Italian rescue helicopter, carrying an injured skier from Gran Sasso d'Italia, crashes amid thick fog, killing six people.