What the records say
- When
- 9 Nov 1971
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 43.55° N, 10.22° E
- Description
- incident off the coast of Italy
- Deaths
- 52
1971 RAF Hercules crash
Aviation accident off the coast of Italy
On 9 November 1971, a Royal Air Force Lockheed Hercules C.1 crashed into the sea off the coast of Livorno by Meloria shoal, Italy, killing all 46 passengers and 6 crew. At the time it was described by Italian officials as the worst military air disaster in Italy in peacetime.
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