1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash

1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash
A Caproni Ca.48 airliner
Accident
DateAugust 2, 1919 (1919-08-02)
SummaryPossible structural failure
SiteVerona, Italy
45°23′47″N 10°53′17″E / 45.396389°N 10.888056°E / 45.396389; 10.888056
Aircraft
Aircraft typeCaproni Ca.48
OperatorCaproni
Flight originVenice, Italy
DestinationTaliedo, Milan, Italy
Passengers12,[1] 13, 14, or 15 (sources disagree)
Crew2[1]
Fatalities(14,[1] 15,[2] 16,[3] or 17;[4] (sources disagree)
Survivors0

On August 2, 1919, a Caproni Ca.48 airliner crashed at Verona, Italy. All aboard died, with various sources placing the death toll at 14,[1] 15,[2] 16,[3] and 17.[4] It was Italy‘s first commercial aviation disaster and the earliest heavier-than-air airliner disaster in history.

  1. ^ a b c d Flight, August 7, 1919, p. 1053.
  2. ^ a b "Venice Airport Lido: On the Wings of the Sparrow". Archived from the original on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  3. ^ a b Mambelli, Marino (11 April 2021). "TULLO MORGAGNI". Forlipedia (in Italian). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Guttman, p. 55.