Jessica is Executive Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine. She started as Editor of ShowNews Online, Aviation Week's on-site trade show daily published at the Paris Air Show, NBAA Annual Convention, Singapore Air Show and at other significant aerospace gatherings.
Jessica has worked in television production and management consulting. While not yet a licensed pilot, Ms. Salerno has received flight instruction and has soloed.
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At about 1700 UTC, a Piper PA28-181, Swiss registration HB-PGC, was destroyed when during cruise flight the airplane crashed in mountainous terrain near Airolo, Switzerland. It was IFR at the time of the accident. The pilot and one passenger sustained serious injuries. Two other passengers were fatally injured. The cross-country flight originated at Firenze Peretola, Italy, and was en route to Zurich. The investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swiss government.
