Seven feared dead in helicopter crash in southern Italy

A helicopter flying from Italy's Tremiti islands to the mainland crashed on Saturday some 50 kilometers from the city of Foggia, in the south-east region of Apulia, police said, adding seven people were feared dead in the accident, Qazet.az reports citing Reuters.

A spokeswoman for the police's office in Foggia told Reuters that weather conditions were bad but added that the cause of the accident was still unknown.