Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 JUL 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Aigle Azur |
| Registration: | F-BFGL |
| C/n / msn: | 13824 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Casablanca (Morocco) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Casablanca (unknown airport), Morocco |
| Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY), Senegal |
A Douglas C-47A-DL, operated by Aigle Azur, was destroyed in an accident near Casablanca, Morocco. Seven of the 29 occupants survived the accident.
The airplane operated on a flight from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal with several intermediate stops. It had just taken off from Casablanca.
Sources:
» The Palm Beach Post - Jul 10, 1950
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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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Douglas DC-3
- 1650th loss
- ca 13.000 built
- 61st worst accident (at the time)
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