Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 OCT 1947 |
| Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 1 |
| Operator: | Societé Aérienne du Littoral |
| Registration: | F-BCJN |
| C/n / msn: | 12788 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 39 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 41 / Occupants: 43 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Cartagena (Spain)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML), France |
| Oran-es Senia Airport (ORN/DAOO), Algeria |
Crashed into the sea following engine problems.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 46)
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Distance from Marseille-Marignane Airport to Oran-es Senia Airport as the crow flies is 995 km (622 miles).
Distance from Marseille-Marignane Airport to Oran-es Senia Airport as the crow flies is 995 km (622 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.
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