Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 15 February 1947
Aircraft Type: Savoia-Marchetti SM-95
Owner/operator: Corrieri Aerei Militari
Registration Number: I-ABQH
Location: off Terracina –
ÿ Italy
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Aircraft engine(s)Aircraft engine(s)
Category: Accident
An Egyptian Princess and her court were aboard a plane that disappeared abruptly in clear weather near Terracina, Italy. The aircraft experienced a sudden loss of altitude and crashed in deep water, with reports of one or more engines on fire. Investigation revealed technical and structural failures as potential causes.An Egyptian Princess and her court were aboard a plane that disappeared abruptly in clear weather near Terracina, Italy. The aircraft experienced a sudden loss of altitude and crashed in deep water, with reports of one or more engines on fire. Investigation revealed technical and structural failures as potential causes.
Description
The aircraft took off from Rome in the morning bound for Cairo, disappeared few minutes later in clear and calm weather, a few miles off Terracina. The cause of this accident remained unknown. Among the passengers however were an Egyptian Princess and her court, so it was thought the plane could have been sabotaged . However the wreckage, lost in deep water, was not recovered. Technical or structural failures are also explanations consistent with the accident circumstances. Newspaper reports say a fisherman saw the airplane come down with one or more engines on fire.
Source of Information
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