Palermo - Palermo

On August 23, 1955 at 07:00 PM, Palermo - Palermo experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, operated by Italian Air Force - Aeronautica Militare Italiana, with the event recorded near Palermo Sicily.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew left Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport on a patrol flight, searching for cigarettes smuggling boat. In-flight, an unexpected situation forced the crew to ditch the aircraft at 1900LT about 70 km off Palermo. The aircraft sank and was lost while all four occupants were rescued at 2330LT.

Aircraft reference details include registration MM61666, MSN 8206, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.1562°, 13.2024°.