Munich – Rome

On November 22, 1938 at 12:00 AM, Munich – Rome experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, operated by Ala Littoria, with the event recorded near Winklern Carinthia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While cruising in bad weather conditions, the aircraft hit a mountain shrouded in clouds and located near Winklern. A crew member was seriously injured while all four other occupants were killed. It appears the aircraft was not following the initial prescribed flight path due to strong winds and the crew did not realize this faulty heading due to poor visibility.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-TUON, MSN 32017, year of manufacture 1938.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.8705°, 12.8777°.