Narrative:
A Nord 262 went missing over the Mediterranean Sea after the pilot issued a distress call. The airplane was en route between Algiers, Algeria and Menorca, Balearic Island, Spain. The airplane carried that Air Liquide football team for a New Year's day match in Menorca.
Ditching
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 31 December 1970 |
| Time: | 23:10 |
| Type: |  Nord 262E |
| Operator: | Rousseau Aviation |
| Registration: | F-BNGB |
| MSN: | 2 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 90 km (56.3 mls) NNE off Algiers, Algeria ( Mediterranean Sea)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport (ALG/DAAG), Algeria |
| Menorca-Mahón Airport (MAH/LEMH), Spain |
A Nord 262 went missing over the Mediterranean Sea after the pilot issued a distress call. The airplane was en route between Algiers, Algeria and Menorca, Balearic Island, Spain. The airplane carried that Air Liquide football team for a New Year's day match in Menorca.
Classification:
Ditching
Sources:
» Star-News - Jan 2, 1971Photos
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Distance from Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport to Menorca-Mahón Airport as the crow flies is 361 km (226 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport to Menorca-Mahón Airport as the crow flies is 361 km (226 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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