ASN Aircraft accident Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I G-ADVA Ouroux
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Date:Wednesday 24 March 1937
Time:14:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic ss23 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I
Operator:Imperial Airways
Registration: G-ADVA
MSN: S.818
First flight: 1937
Engines: 4 Bristol Pegasus Xc
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:1,6 km (1 mls) NNE of Ouroux (   France)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Southampton water, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML), France
Narrative:
The flying boat flew into a mountainside during a heavy snow shower, sliding on the ground for ca 300 m before coming to a stop at the edge of a wood. Three of the crew were killed instantly, the only woman passenger and the cabin attendant died some hours later. The radio operator went for help. He is said to have been killed in an air crash 12 years later on a flight London to Malta.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Empire flying boats of Imperial Airways QANTAS Australia TEAL New Zealand
» Voyageur de Mémoire Ouroux


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