Pisa - Pisa

On November 9, 1971 at 05:40 AM, Pisa - Pisa experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Pisa Tuscany.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

52 people were known to be on board, 52 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 46, passenger fatalities: 46, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The Hercules was involved in a combined exercise called 'Cold Stream' between British and Italian Army under call sign 'Chalk 4', and was carrying 46 Italian paratroopers and six British crew members to the Villacidro dropzone located in Sardinia. Shortly after takeoff from Pisa-San Giusto Airport, while climbing by night, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea about 7 km offshore. The aircraft was destroyed and none of 52 occupants survived the crash. The assumption that the loss of control was the consequence of an in-flight structural failure was not ruled out.

Aircraft reference details include registration XV216, MSN 4243, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.6332°, 10.3330°.