| Date: | Thursday 25 June 1953 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Union Aéromaritime de Transport |
| Registration: | F-BGSC |
| MSN: | 06019 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) -
 Senegal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris (unknown airport) |
| Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY) |
The Comet aircraft overran the Dakar runway on landing, crossed a sandy culvert and came to rest on its belly 126 feet past the runway end.
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