Guidonia – Cairo – Massawa – Asmara

On August 7, 1935 at 08:00 AM, Guidonia – Cairo – Massawa – Asmara experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti S.66, operated by Ala Littoria, with the event recorded near Cairo Cairo.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a desert 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: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. Ten minutes after take off from Cairo-Almaza Airport, while climbing, an explosion occurred on board the three engine aircraft that crashed in flames in a desert area located some 8 km south of the airport. All seven occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. The crew and passengers were on their way to Massawa and Asmara to conduct an inspection of the public works under construction there by expeditionary forces of Italy along the frontier of Ethiopia. Among the passengers was Luigi Razza, Italian Ministry of Public Works, and the Italian explorer Raimondi Franchetti as well as Vincenzo Minasi, Italian consul. Crew: Major Raffaele Boetani, captain 3. Passengers: Luigi Razza, Raimondi Franchetti, Vincenzo Minasi.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-REDI, MSN 15004, year of manufacture 1933.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.0238°, 31.7549°.