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Sinnai air crash

26 Jan 1953 · Sinnai

LAI-Linee Aeree Italiane Douglas DC-3 · Structural failure with separation of the left wing

From Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
19 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
19
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Douglas DC-3

Aircraft type
Douglas DC-3
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
I-LAIL
Onboard fatalities
19
Route
From Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)To Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

The Sinnai air crash was an air disaster that occurred on 26 January 1953 in Sardinia.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Italian Wikipedia article “Incidente aereo di Sinnai” (revision 149384027, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Italian Wikipedia article: Incidente aereo di Sinnai
Article
Incidente aereo di Sinnai
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
149384027 · 2026-02-14 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q3797644
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
it Wikipedia article "Incidente aereo di Sinnai" (page 2952058, revision 149384027), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Italian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.