Cagliari – Rome

On July 14, 1938 at 08:00 AM, Cagliari – Rome experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti S.66, operated by Ala Littoria, with the event recorded near Tyrrhenian Sea All World.

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

20 people were known to be on board, 20 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: 16, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The three engine seaplane left Cagliari in the early morning and continued its route along the east coast of Sardinia. While overflying the Tyrrhenian Sea, the aircraft crashed for unknown reason. The crew did not send any mayday message. Debris were found some 145 km east of Olbia and no one among the 20 occupants survived the crash which was considered to be the worst up to date in the Italian civil aviation history.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-VOLO, MSN 15013, year of manufacture 1935.