Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 03 AUG 1953 |
| Time: | 02:28 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BAZS |
| C/n / msn: | 2628 |
| First flight: | 1950 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10058 |
| Engines: | 4 Wright 749-C18BD1 Cyclone |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 34 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 42 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) off Fethiye (Turkey)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA), Italy |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon | |
| Flightnumber: | 152 |
The Constellation operated on a flight Paris-Rome-Beirut-Tehran. The flight departed Rome at 22:32 GMT bound for Beirut. At 02:10 the no. 3 engine broke away from the wing following violent vibration. Vibrations continued and altitude was lost. A forced ditching was carried out 6 miles from Fetiye point, 1,5 miles offshore.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure in flight of a propeller blade resulting in the separation of no.3 engine from the aircraft and loss of control of no.4 engine. The cause of the blade fracture cannot be determined." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (97-99)
Official accident investigation report
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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 Roma-Ciampino Airport to Beirut International Airport as the crow flies is 2174 km (1359 miles).
Distance from Roma-Ciampino Airport to Beirut International Airport as the crow flies is 2174 km (1359 miles).
