A Hercules aircraft dropping paratroopers, similar to the aircraft which crashed
Accident
Date
9 November 1971 (1971-11-09)
Summary
Controlled flight into sea
Site
171⁄2; miles west-south-west of Pisa
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Lockheed Hercules C.1
Aircraft name
Chalk 4
Operator
No. 24 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Registration
XV216
Flight origin
Pisa Airport, Pisa, Italy
Destination
Villacidro, Sardinia, Italy
Occupants
52
Passengers
46
Crew
6
Fatalities
52
Survivors
0
On 9 November 1971, a Royal Air Force Lockheed Hercules C.1 crashed into the sea off the coast of Livorno by Meloria shoal, Italy, killing all 46 passengers and 6 crew.[1] At the time it was described by Italian officials as the worst military air disaster in Italy in peacetime.[2]
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