{"id":17782,"date":"2017-09-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=17782"},"modified":"2017-09-03T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:00:00","slug":"2017-09-04-cessna-crash-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2017-09-04-cessna-crash-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cessna Crash in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two people died and three were injured when a jump plane crashed shortly after take-off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cessna 118 crash in Italy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/618838a3-ec54-483a-aeae-2a0cb16db3bf.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>A Cessna 182 carrying four skydivers crashed in Italy, near Pontinia, after taking off from Skydive The Drop Roma Latina. The wreck caught fire soon afterwards. 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