Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 16 November 1933 |
Time: | 09:00 |
Type: | Lioré et Olivier 213 |
Operator: | Air France |
Registration: | F-AIFD |
MSN: | 1 |
First flight: | 1926 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | near Beauvais ( France)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Paris-La Defense Heliport (JPU), France |
Destination airport: | London-Croydon Airport (-/-), United Kingdom |
Narrative:The aircraft operated on a mail flight from Paris-Le Bourget Airport, France, to London-Croydon Airport, U.K.. While en route at 1000 metres, the aircraft suffered a fire on the no.1 (left) engine.
The crew bailed out and the aircraft stalled, hit an electricity pole and a factory and burst into flames in a small river. Both pilots were unhurt. All mail, more than one ton, was also destroyed.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.