Crash of a Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar off Pisa: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 20, 1964 at 1030 LT
Operator:
Registration:
MM52-6036
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pisa – Grosseto
MSN:
11075
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Pisa-San Giusto-Galileo Galilei Airport, en route to Grosseto, the airplane lost height, struck the water surface and crashed into the sea few km off shore. All six crew members were killed.
