Rio de Janeiro – Natal – Sal – Seville – Rome

On January 15, 1941 at 12:05 PM, Rio de Janeiro – Natal – Sal – Seville – Rome experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti SM.75, operated by Linee Aeree Transcontinentali Italiane - LATI, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The three engine aircraft left Natal at 0800LT bound for Sal with a crew of four, six passengers and the diplomatic mail. At 1125LT, while overflying the Atlantic Ocean, the crew informed ATC he encountered technical problems with the central engine that he shut down. At 1146LT, crew sent a mayday message and ten minutes later, he informed ATC that the situation on board was difficult. Less than ten minutes later, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea. Important SAR operations were conducted on an area some 185 kilometers off the island of Fernando de Noronha. All operations were eventually suspended one week later, on January 22 as no trace of the aircraft nor the 10 occupants was found. The technical Director of LATI was among the occupants. Crew: Primo Ferioli, pilot, Giuseppe Baratelli, pilot, Oscar Pinelli, flight engineer, Guido Fertonani, radio navigator.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-BAYR, MSN 32013, year of manufacture 1938.