Paris – Rome

On January 17, 1951 at 02:40 PM, Paris – Rome experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti SM.95, operated by Linee Aeree Italiane - LAI, with the event recorded near Civitavecchia Lazio.

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.

17 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 82.4%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The four engine aircraft christened 'Ugolino Vivaldi' left Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1016LT Bound for Rome-Ciampino. At 1436LT, the crew informed ground about his position at an altitude of 6,500 feet north of Civitavecchia. While descending to Ciampino, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and turbulence. The aircraft was hit by lightning, dove into the ground and crashed near a railway road located 8 km north of Civitavecchia, about 75 km north of Ciampino Airport. A crew member and two passengers were seriously injured while 14 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-DALO, MSN 10, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.0938°, 11.7922°.