- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 24, 1956
Time: 0018
Location: Paris, France
Operator: Linee Aeree Italiane
Flight #: ?
Route: Rome - Paris - Shannon - New York City
AC Type: Douglas DC-6B
Registration: I-LEAD
cn / ln: 45075
Aboard: 35   (passengers:25  crew:10)
Fatalities: 34   (passengers:24  crew:10)
Ground: 8
Summary: Lost altitude on takeoff and crashed into a house. Failed to climb for reasons unknown. The aircraft's slight loss of altitude soon after take off was the main cause of the accident. There is no explanation for this loss of altitude. Orchestra and opera conductor Guido Cantelli, 36, among those killed.
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