Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Date:25 AUG 1954
Type:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Operator:Air France
Registration: F-BAZI
C/n / msn: 2513
First flight: 1947
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 58
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Gander Airport, NF (YQX) (Canada)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Gander Airport, NF (YQX/CYQX), Canada
Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair when it overran the runway at Gander and slipped into a 20 ft wide ditch.

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photo of Lockheed L-749 Constellation F-BAZI
 

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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