Douglas DC-6 crash, Feb 13, 1955 (29 killed), Monte Termi...
Douglas DC-6 accident on February 13, 1955 near Monte Terminillo Rieti Lazio, Italy with 29 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after...
- Date: February 13, 1955
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Monte Terminillo Rieti Lazio, Italy
- Fatalities: 29
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after faulty navigation in harsh weather
A Sabena DC-6B flying from Brussels to Rome, and onward to Athens, Cairo and Elisabethville, crashed into a mountain slope in the Apennines in harsh weather. The wreckage was found about a week later. All 29 people on board were killed.