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Date: | Wednesday 9 February 1938 |
Time: | 07:30 |
Type: | Lioré-et-Olivier H.242/1 |
Owner/operator: | Air France |
Registration: | F-ANPB |
MSN: | 4 |
Engine model: | Gnome-Rhône 7Kd Titan Major |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Étang de Berre -
France
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Marignane-Berre Seaplane Base (LFTB) |
Destination airport: | Ajaccio Harbour Seaplane Base |
Narrative:The flying boat, named "Ville de Bone", struck the breakwater in fog and crashed. F-ANFB operated on a flight from Marseille to Ajaccio and Tunis.
Chief Pilot Pierre Burelle was killed.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
The Telegraph - Feb 9, 1938 Interavia, feb 1938
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Mar-2024 06:18 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |