Accident Latécoère 17-3.J F-AIGL,
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Date:Monday 1 August 1927
Time:17:00
Type:Latécoère 17-3.J
Owner/operator:Aéropostale
Registration: F-AIGL
MSN: 622
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Boussan (Haute-Garonne) -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Alicante
Destination airport:Toulouse
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed into hill (300m) near Boussan, between Saint-André and Aurignac, 25 km northeast of Saint-Gaudens and destroyed fire. Pilot Alexandre Bury (34), co-pilot Georges Guyollot (25), mechanic Léopold Sirvin (**Sirven/25) and passengers André (*Alfred) Brangier (28) and wife (*Hélène Lhermitte) Brangier. The pilot not following the regular route, after en-route stop at Alicante from Rabat, over Barcelona-Perpignan, but a direct route to Toulouse over the Pyrenées mountains, descenting over Saint-Gaudens and than trying to follow the river Garonne.

Sources:

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k52722793/f3.item.zoom
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k629997q/f1.item.zoom
** https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k629999g/f3.item.zoom
* http://aerocherche.fr/index.php/articles-sur-les-avions/francais/un-latecoere-historiqu

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jun-2020 18:46 TB Added
04-Jun-2020 19:27 TB Updated [Narrative]

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