Vickers Viscount crash, Mar 28, 1964 (45 killed), Mt Vesu...
Vickers Viscount accident on March 28, 1964 near Mt Vesuvius Campania, Italy with 45 fatalities. Cause: Three factors identified by the investigation:...
- Date: March 28, 1964
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Mt Vesuvius Campania, Italy
- Fatalities: 45
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Three factors identified by the investigation: a delayed decision to abandon the visual approach when visibility was below minimum, an abnormally wide downwind leg, and a late start of the left turn caused by a wrong position estimate.
Alitalia Flight 045, a Vickers Viscount on a scheduled service to Naples, flew into Mount Somma in the Vesuvius range on 28 March 1964 while on a visual approach through heavy showers. All 45 people on board, five crew and 40 passengers, were killed. The aircraft was flying at about 2000 feet on a 90 degree heading when it struck the mountain.