26
Mar
Avro 685 York I – OD-ADB
The Avro York was on a cargo flight from Beirut to London via Rome when it disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea.
26
Mar
SNCASE SE.161/P7 Languedoc – 61/F-SSUN
SNCASE Languedoc F-SSUN was attached to the Escadrille Arienne de Recherches et de Sauvetages (EARS) 99, which was the SAR unit of the...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) – 43-48213
Ditched following engine problems. All occupants were rescued by a Grumman SA-16 Albatross within fifteen minutes.
26
Mar
Handley Page Hastings C.1 – TG613
Three engines failed over the Mediterranean Sea, some 90 minutes after departure. The pilot was forced to ditch the plane, during which...
26
Mar
Vickers Valetta C.1 – VX562
Valetta VX562 departed Malta on a flight to the U.K. Over sea an RAF Lancaster GR.3 (TX270) was engaged in a anti-submarine exercise. B...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-10-DK (DC-3) – ZS-DFB
Ditched during a cross-Mediterranean flight from Malta to Benina. This was a leg on the Amsterdam-Johannesburg flight. All occupants we...
26
Mar
Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) – F-BJBY
Radar contact lost over the Mediterranean Sea. Not found after six days of searching.
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-35-DK (DC-3) – ECT-025
The DC-3 aircraft had been decommissioned by Spanish Air Force and stored at Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport. It was auctioned in July 19...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-9-15 – I-TIGI
Itavia flight 870 departed Bologna (BLQ) at 20:08 on a domestic flight to Palermo (PMO). The DC-9 was en route over the Tyrrhenian Sea ...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B (DC-3) – SU-AZM
Crashed into sea. The airplane carried American oil exports of the Western Desert Petroleum Co.