Naples – Genoa

On October 26, 1929 at 06:00 PM, Naples – Genoa experienced a crash involving Short S.8 Calcutta, operated by Imperial Airways, with the event recorded near La Spezia Liguria.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Named 'City of Rome', the seaplane was performing an flight from Naples to Genoa, carrying five passengers and two crew members. While cruising along the Italian coast in poor weather conditions, the crew encountered unknown technical problems and elected to ditch the airplane in the sea, some 15 km off La Spezia. Upon landing, the airplane hit high waves and overturned, killing all seven occupants. While being towed by authorities, the aircraft sank and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AADN, MSN S748, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.2384°, 9.6912°.