Pisa - Pisa

On April 18, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Pisa - Pisa experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero, operated by Regia Aeronautica, with the event recorded near Viareggio Tuscany.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew was performing a training sortie from Pisa Airport. While cruising off Viareggio, the three-engine aircraft was mistakenly shot down by the crew of the German cargo ship christened 'Nicoline Maersk'. The aircraft crashed into the sea and was lost, killing all five crew members. Some debris of the wreckage were found in 1984. Crew: Ten Cipriani, S/Ten Fasciani, A/S Bufali, A/S Cosana, A/A Domanetti.

Aircraft reference details include registration MM22022.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.8672°, 10.2506°.