Superga air disaster

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Superga air disaster

Wreckage of the Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212 after the crash
Accident
Date	4 May 1949
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to low visibility
Site	Superga Hill, Turin, Italy
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fiat G.212 CP
Operator	Avio Linee Italiane
Registration	I-ELCE
Flight origin	Lisbon, Portugal
Destination	Turin, Italy
Passengers	27
Crew	4
Fatalities	31
Survivors	0

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.