Crash of a Caproni Ca.33/450 in Bratislava: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 4, 1919 at 1100 LT
Operator:
Registration:
11495
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Udine - Bratislava
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Campoformido Airport, Udine, for an official but secret flight to Bratislava, Slovakia. On approach to Ivanka Airport, while flying at an altitude between 50 and 80 metres, the aircraft banked left, nosed down and crashed in an open field located in Vajnory, some 4 km north of the airfield, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Giotto Mancinelli-Scotti, pilot,
Sgt Umberto Merlini, pilot,
Gabriele Aggiusti, radionavigator.
Passenger:
General Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
The international airport of Bratislava will be later renamed Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
Crew:
Lt Giotto Mancinelli-Scotti, pilot,
Sgt Umberto Merlini, pilot,
Gabriele Aggiusti, radionavigator.
Passenger:
General Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
The international airport of Bratislava will be later renamed Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
