SAFE EXIT: Oniverse chairman and founder Sandro Veronesi was involved in a plane crash on April 24, and has come out unharmed.
The news was reported by Italian media such as Il Corriere del Veneto and La Repubblica, among others, on Thursday. The accident occurred while Veronesi, who is known to be an aviation enthusiast, was flying over the Labastide-Villefranche area in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Veronesi was in the plane with another, an unidentified 56-year-old male passenger.
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Oniverse had no comment but when contacted by WWD, the Italian company confirmed the accident and that Veronesi was in good health.
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According to media reports, the single-engine touring aircraft allegedly experienced sudden technical difficulties, initiating an abnormal descent toward the ground. Investigations into the accident are ongoing. Both passengers activated the emergency ballistic parachute, which successfully deployed and slowed their fall, thereby saving their lives.
Upon arrival at the crash site, emergency services found the two men outside the cockpit, lying on the grass. They were transported to hospital, suffering from severe back pain due to the violent deceleration.
The rescue operations were facilitated thanks to the timely intervention of a French gendarmerie patrol which was engaged in a training flight in the vicinity and observed the aircraft’s critical trajectory, promptly alerting and accurately pinpointing the impact location to the authorities.
Oniverse, formerly Gruppo Calzedonia, rebranded in December 2023 and serves as the parent company of luxury fashion label Antonio Marras; hosiery, innerwear and beachwear brands Calzedonia, Intimissimi and Tezenis; cashmere specialist Falconeri; bridal label Atelier Emé; restaurant and wine chain Signorvino and producer and distributor Oniwines, and premium yacht maker Cantiere del Pardo, the producer of the Grand Soleil, Pardo and Van Dutch yachts. Last year, the group rebranded Intimissimi Uomo as Iuman in a bid to differentiate the men’s category from the women’s.