Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 NOV 1971 |
| Type: | Lockheed Hercules C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XV216 |
| C/n / msn: | 4243 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 28 km (17.5 mls) WSW off Pisa, Italy (Mediterranean Sea)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pisa Airport (PSA/LIRP), Italy |
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Crashed into sea at night, carrying Italian paratroopers.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Marco Riva
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
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