ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16936
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 October 1927 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Latécoère 21bis |
| Owner/operator: | Cie Aérienne France-Algérie |
| Registration: | F-AIHN |
| MSN: | 72/1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Roses, Figueres -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Alicante Harbour, Alicante, Spain | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-AIHN Latecoere 21 bis (MSN 72/1); first re-registered ex F-ESDH 29.3.27 (C of R 1647) to Service Technique et Industriel de l’Aeronautique, Paris (based Marseille). Re-registered to Cie France-Algerie, Paris (based Marseille).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5.10.27: Aircraft was on a cargo/mail flight (routed Toulouse – Perpignan – Barcelona – Alicante – Oran). While cruising off the Spanish coast, between Barcelona and Alicante, the crew encountered engine problems and attempted to ditch the aircraft off Roses, Figueres, Catalonia. During four days, crew tried to maintain the aircraft floating but eventually decided to abandon the aircraft and was rescued by the crew of the Italian ship "Monteponi". While all three crew were slightly injured, aircraft was lost when it sank and was not recovered.
Crew:
René Mercier, pilot,
Antoine Mattei, radio,
Edmond Roux, mechanic.
Registration F-AIHN cancelled November 1927
Sources:
1. Aeroplane Monthly, March 1990
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-latecoere-21bis-roses
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-4.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2008 05:44 | harro | Added |
| 22-Mar-2011 04:28 | Johnny Johnny | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 25-Mar-2019 23:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 23:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2020 14:48 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code] |
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