Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 MAY 1972 |
| Time: | 22:24 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-43 |
| Operator: | Alitalia |
| Registration: | I-DIWB |
| C/n / msn: | 45625/144 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 508-12 Conway |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 108 / Occupants: 108 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 115 / Occupants: 115 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) SW of Palermo (Italy)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF), Italy |
| Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (PMO/LICJ), Italy | |
| Flightnumber: | 112 |
Crashed into Mount Longa at an altitude of 2000 feet (300 feet below the top) while on a night-time approach to Palermo. Weather at the time of the accident included broken cloud layer of 3/8 cumulus at 1500 feet and a visibility of 3 miles. The crew did not adhere to the established approach procedures.
The aircraft was named "Antonio Pigafetta".
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Disasters / D. Gero
» Jet-Airliner Unfälle seit 1952 / J. Richter, Chr. Wolf
» Marco Riva
» Disastro aereo Volo Alitalia AZ 112 del 5 maggio 1972 località Montagna Longa
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Roma-Fiumicino Airport to Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport as the crow flies is 407 km (254 miles).
Distance from Roma-Fiumicino Airport to Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport as the crow flies is 407 km (254 miles).
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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