Superga air disaster
Wreckage of the Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212 after the crash | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 4 May 1949 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to low visibility |
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| 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 airliner of Avio Linee Italiane, 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 hilltop near Turin, Italy. All thirty-one people on board were killed.