Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JUN 1958 |
| Type: | Nord 2501F Noratlas |
| Operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | 73 |
| C/n / msn: | 73 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 739 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Blida (Algeria) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Blida Airport (DAAB), Algeria |
| Blida Airport (DAAB), Algeria |
Crash-landed after colliding with a number of storks.
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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 Blida Airport to Blida Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Blida Airport to Blida Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
