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Date: | Monday 2 August 1937 |
Time: | 05:30 |
Type: | Savoia-Marchetti S.73 |
Owner/operator: | Ala Littoria |
Registration: | I-SUSA |
MSN: | 30014 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF) -
Sudan
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF/HSSW) |
Destination airport: | Asmara |
Narrative:The aircraft was flying from Rome, Italy to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia via Cairo, Wadi Halfa and Asmara. The aircraft took off at dawn from Wadi Haifa, during a left turn still at low altitude, the wingtip struck a roof, the aircraft pivoted and crashed immediately.
Sources:
Early Aviation Disasters / D. Gero, 2011
Interavia, 1937
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Apr-2024 17:04 |
zerocinquanta |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |