26
Mar
Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover C.1 – XS609
RAF Andover XS609 and crew had been on detachment at Pisa, Italy, from 26 March 1972, for Falcon free fall parachute training at Ampugn...
26
Mar
Convair CV-440-11 – YU-ADV
Collided with a field during a landing attempt in IMC conditions.
26
Mar
Lockheed Hercules C.1 (C-130K) – XV216
Ten RAF transport aircraft were engaged in the "Cold Stream" exercise at Pisa, Italy in November 1971. The aircraft were flying mission...
26
Mar
Grumman HU-16A Albatross – MM50-175
Stalled while trying emergency landing due to engine failure. Pilot Capitano Angelo Natale (34) killed.
26
Mar
Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 203 – I-TIVE
Crashed on takeoff when an engine failed during a training flight. The aircraft was used for spares and scrapped in 1974.
26
Mar
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 – SE-DBE
The no. 1 engine suffered a uncontained failure 50 m into the takeoff roll. Debris bounced off the runway against the wing and ruptured...
26
Mar
Boeing 707 –
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Italy. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day. The aircraft made intermediate stops in Denver,...
26
Mar
Kaiser-Frazer C-119J Flying Boxcar – MM51-8154
The C-119 transport plane was flying a spare engine to a damaged aircraft at Pratica di Mare Air Base in Italy. En route one of the C-...
26
Mar
Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 – I-ATIT
The Friendship departed Roma at 08:33 with a pilot in training for pilot-in-command occupying the left seat and the pilot under trainin...