Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 SEP 1936 |
| Type: | CANT Z.506 |
| Operator: | Ala Littoria |
| Registration: | I-RODI |
| C/n / msn: | 301 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Benghazi (Libya)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Engine fire, struck ship mast during attempt to land, then sunk. Only radio operator escaped.
The airplane operated on a flight from Asmara to Rome, carrying mail of the Italian troops at war in Ethiopia.
Sources:
» Air mail cover
» Pre-War register from Italy (Air-Britain)
Photos
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
