Airplane Crash - Mt. Argentari, Italy 12/31/1948
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Mt. Argentari, Italy
Date | 12/31/1948 |
Time | 17:52 |
Location | Mt. Argentari, Italy |
Operator | Pan African Air Charter |
Route | Athens - Nice |
Type | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration | ZS-BYX |
Cn/In | 12587 |
Aboard | 12 |
Fatalities | 12 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Crashed into Mt. Arbetello in poor visibility. Poor visibility and geographical features made recognition of terrain difficult and likely mislead the pilot into believing he was out at sea. |
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