Airplane Crash - Off Livorno, Italy 11/09/1971
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Off Livorno, Italy
Date | 11/09/1971 |
Time | 05:40 |
Location | Off Livorno, Italy |
Operator | Military - Royal Air Force |
Route | San Giusto - Sardinia |
Type | Lockheed C-130K Hercules |
Registration | XV216 |
Cn/In | 4243 |
Aboard | 52 |
Fatalities | 52 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The plane, carrying paratroopers, crashed into the Ligurian Sea about 20 miles west of Pisa shortly after taking off from San Giusto Airport. In-flight structural failure. Cause undetermined. |
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