Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 MAR 1955 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-85-DL |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BAXL |
| C/n / msn: | 20047 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Beauvais-Tillé Airport (BVA) (France) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Beauvais-Tillé Airport (BVA/LFOB), France |
| ? |
Struck high tension wires immediately after takeoff from runway 31. Reportedly nine on board were killed.
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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.
