Date: | Thursday 16 November 1933 |
Time: | 09:00 |
Type: | Lioré et Olivier 213 |
Owner/operator: | Air France |
Registration: | F-AIFD |
MSN: | 1 |
Year of manufacture: | 1926 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Beauvais -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Paris-La Defense Heliport (JPU) |
Destination airport: | London-Croydon Airport (-/-) |
Narrative:The aircraft operated on a mail flight from Paris-Le Bourget Airport, France, to London-Croydon Airport, U.K.. While en route at 1000 metres, the aircraft suffered a fire on the no.1 (left) engine.
The crew bailed out and the aircraft stalled, hit an electricity pole and a factory and burst into flames in a small river. Both pilots were unhurt. All mail, more than one ton, was also destroyed.
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