Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 DEC 1949 |
| Time: | ca 20:30 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-60-DL |
| Operator: | Sabena |
| Registration: | OO-AUQ |
| C/n / msn: | 10241 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Aulnay-sous-Bois (France) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB), France |
| Brussel-Nationaal Airport (BRU/EBBR), Belgium |
The DC-3 crashed just after takeoff following a wing failure.
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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 Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Brussel-Nationaal Airport as the crow flies is 258 km (161 miles).
Distance from Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Brussel-Nationaal Airport as the crow flies is 258 km (161 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.
