Rome – Villa Cisneros – Sal – Natal – Rio de Janeiro

On December 21, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Rome – Villa Cisneros – Sal – Natal – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, operated by Linee Aeree Transcontinentali Italiane - LATI, with the event recorded near Villa Cisneros Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is other causes. The crew was completing the landing procedure by night while the runway was unlighted. After touchdown, the three engine aircraft hit five camels sleeping on the runway. The aircraft sustained several damaged and was not repaired. No casualties among the occupant of the airplane while the fate of the camels remains unknown.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-BAIA, MSN 23.