Superga air disaster

Superga air disaster
Wreckage of the Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212 after the crash
Accident
Date4 May 1949
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to low visibility
SiteSuperga Hill, Turin, Italy
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFiat G.212 CP
OperatorAvio Linee Italiane
RegistrationI-ELCE
Flight originLisbon, Portugal
DestinationTurin, Italy
Passengers27
Crew4
Fatalities31
Survivors0

The Superga air disaster (Italian: Tragedia di Superga, "Tragedy of Superga") occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team (popularly known as the Grande Torino), crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga, which stands on a hill on the outskirts of Turin. All thirty-one people on the flight were killed.