Savoia-Marchetti S.66

Ala Littoria

The three engine seaplane left Cagliari in the early morning and continued its route along the east coast of Sardinia. While overflying the Tyrrhenian Sea, the aircraft crashed for unknown reason. The crew did not send any mayday message. Debris were found some 145 km east of Olbia and no one among the 20 occupants survived the crash which was considered to be the worst up to date in the Italian civil aviation history.

Ala Littoria

Ten minutes after take off from Cairo-Almaza Airport, while climbing, an explosion occurred on board the three engine aircraft that crashed in flames in a desert area located some 8 km south of the airport. All seven occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. The crew and passengers were on their way to Massawa and Asmara to conduct an inspection of the public works under construction there by expeditionary forces of Italy along the frontier of Ethiopia. Among the passengers was Luigi Razza, Italian Ministry of Public Works, and the Italian explorer Raimondi Franchetti as well as Vincenzo Minasi, Italian consul. Crew: Major Raffaele Boetani, captain 3. Passengers: Luigi Razza, Raimondi Franchetti, Vincenzo Minasi.

Ala Littoria

While approaching the harbor of Marsaxlokk by night, the aircraft encountered downdraft from a height of some fifty feet and crashed into the sea, few yards off shore. All occupants were rescued and one of them was injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was performing a stop in Valetta en route from Rome to Tripoli.