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May 4, 1949/2011: 62 years from Superga airplane crash

Turin, Italy - We remember what happened: the darkest page of Italian sport news

The "Tragedy of Superga" is the name used to remember a terrible air crash occurred on May 4, 1949 that especially shocked the football world: at 05:03 pm on May 4, 1949 a Fiat G-212, three-engined transport low-wing airplane manufactured by the Italian company Fiat in the late forties, and used in both civilian and military aviation after World War II, of the airline Ali, I-ELCE code carrying the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1129106
Rome, Italy, 05/04/2011 01:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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