ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28497
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| Date: | Friday 10 February 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson I |
| Owner/operator: | Eagle Aviation |
| Registration: | G-AJBA |
| MSN: | AX409 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Montgé-en-Goële (Seine-et-Marne) -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Le Bourget Airport, Paris (LFPB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The crew was performing a cargo flight from London to Paris, carrying a load of newspapers. On approach to Le Bourget Airport, and engine caught fire. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed and came to rest in flames in a field located in Dammartin-en-Goële. Both occupants were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 220/4: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576792
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 220/5: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576793
BEA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Mar-2012 10:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 17-Mar-2012 02:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2012 05:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2012 05:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Source] |
| 18-Dec-2019 00:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2020 20:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2020 20:12 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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