| Date: | Monday 12 June 1950 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju-52/3m |
| Owner/operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | within Madagascar -
 Madagascar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Antananarivo-Arivonimamo Air Base (TNR/FMMA) |
| Tamatave Airport (TMM/FMMT) |
A Junkers Ju-52 of the French Air Force went missing during a domestic flight in Madagascar. Last radio contact was 32 minutes before it was scheduled to land at Tamatave, at 09:30.
Nine people survived the crash and were rescued after about three weeks in the tropical forest after two survivors walked for more than two weeks and found assistance from a natives village.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreon 14 June 1950, p1
St. Petersburg Times - Jun 14, 1950
Alain Truchat
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