26 Mar de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1A – G-ALYZ The BOAC Comet jetliner was on a London-Johannesburg flight with several intermediate stops. At Rome-Ciampino (CIA) the aircraft was ta... Continue reading
26 Mar Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA – G-ALDF Hermes G-ALDF took off from Blackbushe at 19:25 GMT for a flight to Khartoum via Malta. Around 00:25, approaching Sicily, no. 2 and 3 e... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47 (DC-3) – Three Yugoslavs carrying revolvers took over a JAT plane in flight and forced the crew to fly to Italy. The airplane was reported to ha... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-54A-5-DO (DC-4) – N1512V The DC-4 overran the runway on landing, coming to rest in a ditch. Fire destroyed the aircraft. The airplane carried 50 cows of which 4... Continue reading
26 Mar Vickers 614 Viking 1 – G-AHPI Viking G-AHPI flew into the north slope of the La Cinta mountain range at an altitude of 1040 m. The airplane operated on a non-schedul... Continue reading
26 Mar CANT Z.506S – MM45497 The Z.506 floatplane crashed after failure of the right engine. All occupants were rescued. Continue reading
26 Mar Fiat G.212 – Crashed during emergency landing at Urbe after the center and left engine failed shortly after take-off from Centocelle during a test f... Continue reading
26 Mar Savoia-Marchetti SM-95B – I-DALO An Alitalia Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 crashed following a lightning strike while on approach to Roma-Ciampino Airport, Italy, killing 14 o... Continue reading