Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 DEC 1945 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Operating for: | Air France |
| Leased from: | Ministère de l'Air, Direction Technique et Industrielle |
| Registration: | F-BALV |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2380 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 60 km (37.5 mls) W of Bangui (Central African Republic)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lamy Airport (NDJ/FTTJ), Chad |
| Bangui Airport (BGF/FEFF), Central African Republic |
Crashed.
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Fort Lamy Airport to Bangui Airport as the crow flies is 936 km (585 miles).
Distance from Fort Lamy Airport to Bangui Airport as the crow flies is 936 km (585 miles).
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.
