Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 327

Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 327

A Fokker F27 Friendship 200
Accident
Date	October 30, 1972 (1972-10-30)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain caused by pilot error
Site	Poggiorsini, Apulia, Italy
Total fatalities	27
Total injuries	0
Total survivors	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fokker F27 Friendship 200
Operator	Aero Trasporti Italiani
Registration	I-ATIR
Flight origin	Naples-Capodichino Airport, Naples, Italy
Stopover	Bari-Palese Airport, Bari, Italy
Destination	Brindisi-Casale Airport, Brindisi, Italy
Occupants	27
Passengers	24
Crew	3
Fatalities	27
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

The Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight BM 327 was a scheduled commercial flight between Naples-Capodichino and Brindisi-Casale with a stopover at Bari-Palese Airport, operated by the Italian airline Aero Trasporti Italiani, using a Fokker F27-200, registration I-ATIR (c/n 10301, built in 1966, with 17,420 hours and 23,337 cycles at the time of the accident). On October 30, 1972, at approximately 20:40 CET, the aircraft crashed into a hill in the countryside between Corato, Ruvo di Puglia, and Poggiorsini, in the Province of Bari, causing 27 fatalities: 3 crew members and 24 passengers.^[1]