Draft:Itavia Flight 897

On 1 January 1974, Itavia Flight 897, a Fokker F28 Fellowship passenger jet, flying a scheduled international passenger flight from Cagliari, Italy, to Geneva, Switzerland, via Bologna and Turin, Italy, struck multiple ground structures and subsequently crashed while on approach to Turin Airport in low visibility killing 38 of the 42 people on board.

Accident
Itavia Flight 897 was scheduled to fly from Cagliari, Italy to Geneva, Switzerland, via Bologna and Turin, Italy. At around 12:40, after stopping at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, the flight took off en route to Turin Airport, Turin. Whilst approaching Turin, the crew encountered rainy and misty conditions and heavy fog with ground visibility down to 900 m. The crew discussed a possible diversion to Milan Linate Airport but decided against it and started preparing the aircraft for its scheduled landing on runway 34. The flight crew attempted an approach to Turin Airport but aborted the landing due to adverse weather and conducted a go-around. The flight circled back, lined up with runway 34, and attempted a second approach. The pilots unknowingly deviated off course and descended below the minimum safe altitude. The aircraft hit multiple tree tops,

The crash and subsequent fire killed 38 of the 42 occupants on board the aircraft. Of the four survivors, one crew crew member, the flight engineer, was seriously injured while three passengers suffered minor injuries.

Aircraft and crew
The aircraft involved was a four-year-old Fokker F28-1000, with serial number 11015 and registration I-TIDE. The aircraft, previously registered as PH-ZAK, was re-registered as I-TIDE in March 1970. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had accumulated around 8700 flying hours in 10206 flight cycles.

The flight crew consisted of 42-year-old captain Domenico Romeo, first officer Giulio Montanari and flight engineer Giampaolo Sciarra.