| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 28, 1964 |
| Time: | 2239 |
| Location: | Mt. Vesuvius, Italy |
| Operator: | Alitalia |
| Flight #: | 045 |
| Route: | Rome - Napoli |
| AC Type: | Vickers Viscount 785D |
| Registration: | I-LAKE |
| cn / ln: | 328 |
| Aboard: | 45 (passengers:40 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 45 (passengers:40 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane crashed during final approach. Failure to discontinue visual approach in the absence of minimum visibility conditions required for the type of maneuvers involved. Abnormally wide initiation of down wind leg which brought the aircraft along an unsafe path in relation to the terrain in the area. |
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