ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17168
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| Date: | Thursday 11 September 1930 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Fokker F.VII |
| Owner/operator: | Sabena |
| Registration: | OO-AIN |
| MSN: | 192 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wallington, near Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL/EBCI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fokker F.VII OO-AIN of Sabena: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11 September 1930 on a mail flight from Croydon Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport. The mail flight took off at night in adverse weather conditions (thick fog). Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while climbing, aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames at Wallington. Pilot Edouard G.L. Sobry (aged 27) and mechanic Fernand Cooremans (aged 25).
At the time of the accident, weather conditions were marginal with mist and rain. It appears that a fire erupted in the cabin shortly after rotation but the cause of the fire was not defined.
Edouard Sobry ( born 6 June 1904 at Schaarbeek) and Fernand Coremans (born 1905); Fernand Cooremans now rests in the old cemetery of Evere, on Sint-Vincentiusstraat.
Sources:
1. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=20557.0
2. http://www.europeanairlines.no/societe-anonyme-belge-dexploitation-de-la-navigation-aeriennes-sabena/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_OO-.html
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
7. http://croydonairportcalling.blogspot.com/2015/09/living-near-airport-accidents.html
8. http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19300911-1.2.26
9. https://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/11/archives/two-die-as-plane-burns-belgian-air-liner-crashes-at-croydon-england.html
10. https://www.belgian-wings.be/fokker-f-viib/f-6
11. https://www.asa-be.com/images/PhotoGallery_BCR2/OO-AAA/OO-AIN.jpg
12. https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/fokker-f7-3m-oo-ain-te-wallington-edouard-sobry-en-fernand-coremans
13. https://www.britishpathe.com/video/belgian-air-liner-disaster [Pathe news report of accident]
14. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-sabca-f7b3m-croydon-2-killed
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallington,_London
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jan-2011 11:31 | ThW | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2011 16:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2012 00:26 | ryan | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2013 00:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2017 19:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2018 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2018 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 15-May-2020 15:45 | TB | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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