ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342313
| Date: | Wednesday 24 March 1937 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways |
| Registration: | G-ADVA |
| MSN: | S.818 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Pegasus Xc |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km NNE of Ouroux -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Southampton water |
| Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML) |
The flying boat flew into a mountainside during a heavy snow shower, sliding on the ground for ca 300 m before coming to a stop at the edge of a wood. Three of the crew were killed instantly, the only woman passenger and the cabin attendant died some hours later. The radio operator went for help. He is said to have been killed in an air crash 12 years later on a flight London to Malta.
Sources:
Empire flying boats of Imperial Airways QANTAS Australia TEAL New Zealand
Voyageur de Mémoire Ouroux
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