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| Date: | Thursday 25 September 1975 |
| Time: | 08:14 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM6575 |
| MSN: | 6575 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Godendorf/Ralingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bitburg AB (EDAB) |
| Ghedi AB (Brescia) |
Four Italian F-104 planes (MM6516, MM6575, MM6508, MM6523) departed Bitburg AB. All airplanes in the formation crashed in line shortly after take-off, the four craters being within an area of one square kilometer. Pilot Cap Gioacchino Aragona (28) killed.
The probable cause determined to be the failure of the flight lead to follow the altitude requirements of the instrument departure. Their probable intention was to join up together a flight of four before penatrating the cloud base. Unfortunately they failed to adhere to the altitude requirements if the Instrument Departure. All four aircraft struck the top of a hill.
Sources:
Scramble 277
Trouw 26-9-1975
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1975_09/19750926_0001.pdf
was working that very day as an air traffic controller
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Dec-2008 10:29 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Apr-2012 00:13 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2013 18:40 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jul-2020 06:12 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 05-Jul-2020 06:13 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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