| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 09, 1971 |
| Time: | 0540 |
| Location: | Off Livorno, Italy |
| Operator: | Military - Royal Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | San Giusto - Sardinia |
| AC Type: | Lockheed C-130K Hercules |
| Registration: | XV216 |
| cn / ln: | 4243 |
| Aboard: | 52 (passengers:46 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 52 (passengers:46 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane, carrying paratroopers, crashed into the Ligurian Sea about 20 miles west of Pisa shortly after taking off from San Giusto Airport. In-flight structural failure. Cause undetermined. |
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