ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336557
| Date: | Saturday 20 November 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Mercury Aviation Services |
| Registration: | ZS-BWX |
| MSN: | 4254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nice Airport (NCE/LFMN) |
| Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB) |
DC-3 ZS-BWX diverted from Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Orly Airport. On approach to Orly, the aircraft struck electric cables and crashed.
Sources:
El Litoral 21 November 1948, p1
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