ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161136
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Savoia-Marchetti S-81 |
| Owner/operator: | Italian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 8 km south of Cairo -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cairo, Almaza |
| Massawa,Eritrea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Seven Italians, including a Cabinet Minister (Luigi Razza) and a famous explorer, were killed in a crash of a "commercial" tri-motor ("seaplane" S.81**) on the Egyptian desert while on an inspection flight to Eritrea.Crashed 8 minutes after take off due to an explosion in one of the engines.
Sources:
ABC (Madrid) 10 August 1935, p25 **
http://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=nl&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLuigi_Razza
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19350808&id=An9FAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MscMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2871,2357244&hl=en
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_I-9.html
De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
09-08-1935
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2013 19:10 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Aug-2016 18:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2016 18:54 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2016 18:58 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 19:05 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2021 19:50 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature] |
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